Establishment and Production
Costs for Tender Fruit in Ontario - 2010 Economic Report
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Variable Costs
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Cost per acre ($)
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| Actual | Budget | |
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Labour: hand, 298 hrs
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4172
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Labour: machine operator, 32.8 hrs
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515
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Ammonium nitrate, 125 kg
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73
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Muriate of potash, 100 kg
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75
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Insecticides
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143
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Fungicides
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295
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Herbicides
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70
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Cover Crop Seed
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8
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Machine repair, maintenance
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173
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Fuel
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332
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Interest on operating capital
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377
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Bird control
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175
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Consulting Fees
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0 |
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Irrigation
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86
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Custom Packing
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1200
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Miscellaneous (mulch + 1 bee hive)
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225
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Land rental
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|
|
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Total Variable Costs
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7920
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Fixed Costs
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Cost per acre ($)
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|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
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Machine: depreciation
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237
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Machine: Interest on investment
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57
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Cold storage and packing equipment
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160
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Other overhead
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600
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Land ownership
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Measurable Fixed Costs
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1054
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Total Measurable Costs
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8973
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Contribution Margin
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Cost per acre
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Cost per acre
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|---|---|---|
| Actual | Budget | |
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Gross Income (6 ton x $1998 per ton)
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11988
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Total Variable Costs
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7920
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Contribution margin (no land costs)
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4068
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Hand Labour
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Labour
(hours) |
Labour
Costs |
Machine
Costs* |
Fixed
Costs |
Total
Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pruning
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40
|
560
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560
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Thinning
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0
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0
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0
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Harvest
|
255
|
3570
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3570
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Raking Brush
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3
|
42
|
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42
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Total Hand Labour
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298
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4172
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4172
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Machine Labour and Machine Costs
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Labour
(hours) |
Labour
Costs |
Machine
Costs* |
Fixed
Costs |
Total
Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Brush chopping
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0.9
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14
|
20
|
18
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52
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Discing (1x)
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0.7
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11
|
14
|
18
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43
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Cultivating (3x)
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2.1
|
33
|
26
|
17
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76
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Fertilizing (2x)
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1.4
|
22
|
17
|
10
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49
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Seeding cover crop (1x)
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0.7
|
11
|
15
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25
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51
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Mowing (4x)
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2.8
|
44
|
43
|
27
|
114
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Weed spraying (3x)
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2.1
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33
|
25
|
11
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68
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Pesticide spraying (11x)
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4.4
|
69
|
70
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47
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186
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Distribute & collect containers
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12.0
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188
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133
|
40
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362
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Delivery
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3.0
|
47
|
109
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65
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221
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Subsoiling/aerating (1x)
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0.7
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11
|
10
|
7
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28
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Orchard maintenance
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2.0
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31
|
25
|
10
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66
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Total Machine Operator
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32.8
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515
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506
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294
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1314
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| Author: | Ken Slingerland - Tender Fruit & Grape Specialist/OMAFRA; John Molenhuis - Business Analysis & Cost of Production Program Lead/OMAFRA |
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| Creation Date: | 01 March 2007 |
| Last Reviewed: | 21 March 2012 |