REVENUE
Item Quantity per Unit $ per $ per $ per
0.5 acre unit 0.5 acre 100' bed
Carrot 8,000.00 pounds $2.00 $16,000.00 $296.30
ANNUAL VARIABLE COST
Item Quantity per Unit $ per $ per $ per
0.5 acre unit 0.5 acre 100' bed
Seeds and Plants
Seeds 1 pounds 500.00 500.00 9.26
Cover crop (grain) seeds 30 pounds 0.50 15.00 0.28
Fertility and Nutrients
Bone meal 100 pounds 1.00 100.00 1.85
Alfalfa 100 pounds 1.00 100.00 1.85
Lime 100 pounds 1.00 100.00 1.85
Other Materials
Row cover 2 5000 ft2 200.00 400.00 7.41
Land Preparation
Prepare land (plow, disc, rotovate)
1.5 hours 15.00 22.50 0.42
– operator labour
Apply pre-plant amendments
(lime, bone meal, alfalfa) – 0.75 hour 15.00 11.25 0.21
operator labour
Planting
Seeding – regular labour 2 hours 12.00 24.00 0.44
Pest Management
Flame weeding – regular labour 1 hour 12.00 12.00 0.22
Hand-weeding – regular labour 160 hours 12.00 1920.00 35.56
Hoe-weeding – regular labour 10 hours 12.00 120.00 2.22
Post-Harvest Activities
Harvesting – regular labour 60 hours 12.00 720.00 13.33
Post-harvest handling (wash, sort,
16 hours 12.00 192.00 3.56
pack, store) – regular labour
Miscellaneous Expenses
Repair and maintenance 606.89 11.24
Fuel 30.75 0.57
Interest on working capital 61.53 1.14
Marketing 1,754.04 32.48
TOTAL LABOUR COST 3,105.75 57.51
TOTAL MATERIAL COST 1,115.10 20.65
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS COST 2,445.84 45.29
TOTAL VARIABLE COST 6,666.69 123.46
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MACHINERY INFORMATION
Item Type Purchase Trade-in Useful Life
Price ($) Value ($) (Years)
Tractor 25 HP (new) 23,000.00 0.00 20
Rototiller 48'' (new) 4,000.00 0.00 15
Discer used 1,200.00 0.00 30
Manure spreader used 4,000.00 0.00 10
Sprayer used 5,000.00 0.00 10
Isuzu 2002
Delivery van 24,000.00 0.00 15
(used)
Pick-up truck used 8,000.00 0.00 15
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to express our sincere appreciation to all the farmers who contributed information
used to develop this enterprise budget. We would also like to thank Chris Bodnar, co-owner of Close to Home
Organics Ltd, and Heather Pritchard, farm program manager at Farm Folk City Folk, for helping us connect with
experienced farmers. We would like to recognize Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Michael Bomford
(Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems) and Caitlin Dorward (Institute for Sustainable Food Systems) for their
invaluable input to this document. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (VanCity).
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