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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 106 hrs |
1060
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 19.6 hrs |
|
274 |
|
Fertilizer: 34-0-0, 140 kg |
|
52 |
| Fertilizer: 0-0-60, 140 kg |
51
|
|
| Insecticides |
363
|
|
| Fungicides |
216
|
|
| Herbicides |
29
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
155 |
|
Fuel |
|
242 |
|
Consulting Fees |
|
0 |
| Miscellaneous (leaf analysis) |
40
|
|
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
910 |
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
3400 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
165 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
78 |
| Cold storage and packing equipment |
|
|
|
Other overhead |
|
120 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
362 |
|
Total Measurable "Eighth Year" Costs |
|
3762 |
|
Contribution Margin |
Cost per acre |
Cost per acre |
|---|---|---|
|
Gross Income (8.8 ton x $496 per ton) |
|
4365 |
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
3400 |
|
Contribution margin (no land costs) |
|
965 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pruning |
40
|
400
|
|
|
400
|
| Thinning |
16
|
160
|
|
|
160
|
| Harvest |
50
|
500
|
|
|
500
|
|
Total Hand Labour |
106 |
1060 |
|
|
1060 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fertilizing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
20 |
15 |
55 |
|
Mowing (5x) |
3.5 |
49 |
58 |
38 |
145
|
| Weed spraying (3x) |
2.1
|
29
|
30
|
20
|
80
|
| Pesticide spraying (9x) |
3.6
|
50
|
65
|
47
|
162
|
| Distribute & collect containers |
4.0
|
56
|
53
|
30
|
139
|
| Delivery |
3.0
|
42
|
142
|
76
|
259
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
29
|
17
|
73
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
19.6 |
274 |
397 |
242 |
913 |
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