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 8 hrs |
80
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 13.0 hrs |
|
182 |
|
Trees (1% replacement) |
|
32 |
|
Fertilizer: 34-0-0, 80 kg |
|
27 |
| Fertilizer: 0-0-60, 80 kg |
26
|
|
| Insecticides |
125
|
|
| Fungicides |
28
|
|
| Herbicides |
29
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
92 |
|
Fuel |
|
124 |
|
Consulting Fees |
|
0 |
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
535 |
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
1328 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
109 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
53 |
| Cold storage and packing equipment | ||
|
Other overhead |
|
120 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
282 |
|
Total Measurable "Third Year" Costs |
|
1610 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
8
|
80
|
|
|
80
|
|
Total Hand Labour |
8 |
80 |
|
|
80 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Re-planting trees |
1.0
|
14
|
17
|
16
|
47
|
|
Discing (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
41 |
|
Cultivating (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
20 |
15 |
55 |
|
Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
35 |
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
19 |
14 |
52 |
|
Mowing (5x) |
2.8 |
39 |
47 |
30 |
116
|
| Weed spraying (2x) |
1.4
|
20
|
20
|
13
|
53
|
| Pesticide spraying (4x) |
1.6
|
22
|
37
|
31
|
90
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
27
|
14
|
69
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
13.0 |
182 |
215 |
162 |
559 |
Related Links:
- Pre-plant
Year
- Planting
Year
- Second
Year
- Fourth
Year
- Fifth
Year
- Sixth
Year
- Seventh
Year
- Eighth
Year
- Total
Establishment Cost
- Mature
Orchard
- Break Even and Profitability Worksheet
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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 |