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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 22 hrs |
220
|
|
|
Labour: machine operator, 15.8 hrs |
|
221 |
|
Trees (201 trees per acre) |
|
1658 |
|
Fertilizer: 10-10-10, 50 kg |
|
15 |
| Insecticides |
63
|
|
| Fungicides |
14
|
|
| Herbicides |
29
|
|
|
Cover Crop Seed |
|
8 |
|
Machine repair, maintenance |
|
113 |
|
Fuel |
|
157 |
|
Consulting Fees |
|
25 |
| Miscellaneous (tree guards) |
250
|
|
|
Interest on operating capital |
|
371 |
|
Land rental |
|
|
|
Total Variable Costs |
|
3144 |
|
Fixed Costs |
Cost per acre ($) |
Cost per acre ($) |
|---|---|---|
|
Machine: depreciation |
|
127 |
|
Machine: Interest on investment |
|
58 |
|
Other overhead |
|
120 |
|
Land ownership |
|
|
|
Measurable Fixed Costs |
|
305 |
|
Total Measurable "Planting Year" Costs |
|
3449 |
|
Hand Labour |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marking, planting trees |
10
|
100
|
|
|
100
|
| Pruning |
4
|
40
|
|
|
40
|
|
Weed Control: hoeing |
3 |
30 |
|
|
30 |
|
Tree guards |
5 |
50 |
|
|
50 |
|
Total Hand Labour |
22 |
220 |
|
|
220 |
|
Machine Operator |
Labour |
Labour |
Machine |
Fixed |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pick up trees |
0.5
|
7
|
10
|
5
|
22
|
| Planting trees - tree planter |
2.0
|
28
|
29
|
22
|
80
|
| Planting trees - 1/2 ton truck |
2.0
|
28
|
41
|
18
|
87
|
|
Discing (2x) |
1.4 |
20 |
24 |
20 |
64 |
|
Cultivating (3x) |
2.1 |
29 |
28 |
19 |
77 |
|
Seeding cover crop (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
35 |
|
Fertilizing (1x) |
0.7 |
10 |
10 |
9 |
29 |
|
Mowing (3x) |
2.1 |
29 |
38 |
25 |
93 |
| Weed spraying (1x) |
0.7
|
10
|
11
|
8
|
30
|
| Pesticide spraying (4x) |
1.6
|
22
|
37
|
30
|
90
|
| Orchard maintenance |
2.0
|
28
|
28
|
14
|
70
|
|
Total Machine Operator |
15.8 |
221 |
270 |
185 |
676 |
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