Establishment
and Production Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2006 Economic Report
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Variable Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour: hand 197 hrs |
1970
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 31.9 hrs |
|
447 |
|
Ammonium nitrate, 125 kg |
|
45 |
| Muriate of potash, 125 kg |
44
|
|
| Insecticides |
205
|
|
| Fungicides |
162
|
|
| Herbicides |
80
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
14 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
211 |
|
Fuel |
|
318 |
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
258 |
| Bird control |
0
|
|
|
Consulting Fees |
|
25 |
| Irrigation |
129
|
|
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
3947 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
163 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
78 |
| Cold storage and packing equipment |
240
|
|
|
Other overhead |
|
480 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
961 |
|
Total Measurable Costs |
|
4908 |
|
Contribution Margin |
Cost per acre |
Cost per acre |
|---|---|---|
|
Gross Income (7 ton x $1145 per ton) |
|
8015 |
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
3947 |
|
Contribution margin (no land costs) |
|
4068 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
45
|
450
|
|
|
450
|
| Thinning |
40
|
400
|
|
|
400
|
| Harvest |
58
|
580
|
|
|
580
|
| Grading and packing |
54
|
540
|
|
|
540
|
|
Total Hand Labour |
197 |
1970 |
|
|
1970 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brush removal |
1.5
|
21
|
18
|
7
|
46
|
| Cultivating (3x) |
2.1
|
29
|
27
|
15
|
71
|
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
48 |
| Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
12
|
12
|
33
|
|
Mowing (5x) |
3.5 |
49 |
52 |
27 |
128
|
| Weed spraying (3x) |
1.8
|
25
|
24
|
12
|
60
|
| Pesticide spraying (10x) |
4.0
|
56
|
63
|
38
|
157
|
| Distribute & collect containers |
11.2
|
157
|
131
|
48
|
336
|
| Delivery |
3.0
|
42
|
149
|
57
|
248
|
| Sub-soiling/aerating (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
9
|
5
|
24
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
25
|
10
|
64
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
31.9 |
447 |
528 |
241 |
1216 |
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| Author: | Ken Slingerland - Tender Fruit & Grape Specialist/OMAFRA; John Molenhuis - Business Analysis & Cost of Production Lead/OMAFRA |
|---|---|
| Creation Date: | 01 March 2007 |
| Last Reviewed: | 01 March 2007 |