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Establishment
and Production Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2006 Economic Report
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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 |
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Variable Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
| Labour: hand 6 hrs |
60
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 14.0 hrs |
|
196 |
|
Trees (2% replacement) |
|
64 |
|
Fertilizer: 34-0-0, 25 kg |
|
18 |
| Fertilizer: 0-0-60, 25 kg |
17
|
|
| Insecticides |
63
|
|
| Fungicides |
14
|
|
| Herbicides |
29
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
92 |
|
Fuel |
|
133 |
|
Consulting Fees |
|
0 |
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
449 |
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
1182 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
109 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
53 |
|
Other overhead |
|
120 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
282 |
|
Total Measurable "Second Year" Costs |
|
1465 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
6
|
60
|
|
|
60
|
|
Total Hand Labour |
6 |
60 |
|
|
60 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-planting trees |
2.0
|
28
|
29
|
22
|
79
|
|
Discing (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
40 |
|
Cultivating (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
20 |
14 |
54 |
|
Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
35 |
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
19 |
13 |
51 |
|
Mowing (4x) |
2.8 |
39 |
46 |
29 |
114
|
| Weed spraying (2x) |
1.4
|
20
|
20
|
12
|
51
|
| Pesticide spraying (4x) |
1.6
|
22
|
37
|
30
|
89
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
27
|
14
|
69
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
14.0 |
196 |
225 |
162 |
583 |
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