Queensland Strawberries
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Calculation of gross margin as at October 2006
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| Sale of Fruits | 90,000 punnets/ha | @ | $ 1.52 per punnet | $ 136,575 | |
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| VARIABLE COSTS | |||||
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| Tractor Costs | |||||
| Boomspraying | 36 times per year | 0.9 hrs/ha | @ | $ 80.00 per hr | $ 2,592 |
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| Land Preparation | |||||
| Plough | 2 times per year | 3 hrs/ha | @ | $ 70.00 per hr | $ 420 |
| Rotary Hoe | 3 times per year | 5 hrs/ha | @ | $ 70.00 per hr | $ 1,050 |
| Bed Forming | once per year | 6 hrs/ha | @ | $ 70.00 per hr | $ 420 |
| Fertiliser Spreading | once per year | 1 hrs/ha | @ | $ 65.00 per hr | $ 65 |
| Lay Plastic | once per year | 4 hrs/ha | @ | $ 110.00 per hr | $ 440 |
| Plastic mulch | once per year | 7,000 m/ha | @ | $ 0.25 per m | $ 1,750 |
| Trickle Tapes | once per year | 7,000 m/ha | @ | $ 0.10 per m | $ 700 |
| Fumigation (Optional) | once per year | 500 kg/ha | @ | $ 9.50 per kg | $ 4,750 |
| Ripping | once per year | 3hrs/ha | @ | $ 70.00 per hr | $ 210 |
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| Planting | |||||
| Runner purchasing | 45,000 plants/ha | @ | $ 0.30 per runner | $ 13,500 | |
| Planting Labour Costs | 25 hrs/ha | @ | $ 110.00 per hr | $ 2,750 | |
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| Irrigation | |||||
| Pumping | 10ML/ha | @ | $ 350.00 per ML | $ 3,500 | |
| Irrigation labour | 30hrs/ha | @ | $ 20.00 per hr | $ 600 | |
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| Fertiliser | |||||
| First Application | once per year | 600kg/ha | @ | $ 0.65 per kg | $ 390 |
| Fertigation | 40 times per year | 25kg/ha | @ | $ 2.00 per kg | $ 2,000 |
| Foliar | 10 times per year | 3kg/ha | @ | $ 10.00 per kg | $ 300 |
| Sap test | 10 times per year | 1tests/ha | @ | $ 60.00 per test | $ 600 |
| Organic Fertiliser | once per year | 2000kg/ha | @ | $ 1.00 per kg | $ 2,000 |
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| Plant Health | |||||
| Crop Protectants | $ 7,157 | ||||
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| Weed Control | |||||
| Herbicide 1 | 6 times per year | 2L/ha | @ | $ 10.00 per L | $ 120 |
| Weed control Labour | 5 times per year | 6hrs/ha | @ | $ 20.00 per hr | $ 600 |
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| Other Labour Costs | |||||
| Tidying and cutting back | once per year | 112.5 hrs/ha | @ | $ 20.00 per hr | $ 2,250 |
| Defoliating by hand | once per year | 112.5 hrs/ha | @ | $ 20.00 per hr | $ 2,250 |
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| Harvesting | |||||
| Picking | 40 times per year | 7500 trays/ha (3.75kg) | @ | $ 3.30 per tray | $ 24,750 |
| Supervising & Transport | 40 times per year | 4 hrs/ha | @ | $ 25.00 per hr | $ 4,000 |
| Cool room costs | once per year | 22.5 tonnes/ha | @ | $ 35.00 per tonne | $ 788 |
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| Handling / Packing | |||||
| Packing | 90,000 punnets/ha | @ | $ 0.20 per punnet | $ 18,000 | |
| Cartons | 6,000 cartons/ha | @ | $ 1.30 per carton | $ 7,800 | |
| Punnets (lidded) | 90,000 punnets/ha | @ | $ 0.10 per punnet | $ 9,000 | |
| Plastic and Labels | 90,000 punnets/ha | @ | $ 0.01 per punnet | $ 900 | |
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| Freight / Transport | |||||
| Brisbane market | 30% of sold qty | 1,800 cartons/ha | @ | $ 0.50 per carton | $ 900 |
| Sydney market | 30% of sold qty | 1,800 cartons/ha | @ | $ 0.75 per carton | $ 1,350 |
| Melbourne market | 25% of sold qty | 1,500cartons/ha | @ | $ 1.20 per carton | $ 1,800 |
| Adelaide markets | 5% of sold qty | 300cartons/ha | @ | $ 1.50 per carton | $ 450 |
| Other markets (Export/Flee/stall) | 10% of sold qty | 600cartons/ha | @ | $ 0.20 per carton | $ 120 |
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| Commissions & Levies | |||||
| Brisbane market | 25% of sold qty | $ 34,144 sales/ha | @ | 12.0% of sales income | $ 4,097 |
| Sydney market | 25% of sold qty | $ 34,144 sales/ha | @ | 12.0% of sales income | $ 4,097 |
| Melbourne market | 30% of sold qty | $ 40,973 sales/ha | @ | 12.0% of sales income | $ 4,917 |
| Adelaide market | 15% of sold qty | $ 20,486 sales/ha | @ | 12.0% of sales income | $ 2,458 |
| Other market | 5% of sold qty | $ 6,829 sales/ha | @ | 10.0% of sales income | $ 683 |
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| Total Variable Cost | $ 136,524 | ||||
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| GROSS MARGIN per ha (for average price of $1.52 per punnet) | $51 | ||||
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