Costs of Production of Apple, Cherry and Pear Karina Gallardo WSU-TFREC-CPAAS

1. Costs of Production of Apple, Cherry and Pear Karina GallardoWSU-TFREC-CPAAS WA State Horticultural Association Annual Meetings – Dec 4, 2012

2. Content • Cost of production of apple, cherry, and pear • Two apple cultivars: Honeycrisp, and Red delicious • Two pear cultivars: Anjou and Barlett • One cherry cultivar: Sweetheart • Assumptions • Distribution of cost centers • Summary of findings • Estimated net returns at various prices and yields

3. Cost of production of apple Honeycrisp and Red delicious

4. Assumptions - Apples Red delicious Honeycrisp 10-acre block 3 by 10 feet 1,452 trees/acre Two dimensional, planar canopy, randomly trained Dwarf-9 series • 25-acre block • 4 by 12 feet • 900 trees/acre • Three dimensional, planar canopy, randomly trained • M-106

5. Percentage distribution of cost centers during a full production year – Honeycrisp (2011)

6. Percentage distribution of cost centers on a full production year – Red delicious (2012)

7. Estimated Net Returns at Various Prices and Yields – Honeycrisp Full Production [1]

8. Estimated Net Returns at Various Prices and Yields – Red delicious Full Production [1]

9. Cost of production of cherry Sweetheart

10. Assumptions - Cherry Sweetheart • 10-acre block • 10 by 16 feet • 272 trees/acre • Two dimensional, planar canopy, randomly trained • Mazzard rootstock

11. Distribution of cost centers during a full production year – Sweetheart

12. Cost centers - Cherry

13. Cost centers - Cherries

14. Cost centers - Cherry

15. Summary of Costs and Returns – Full Production Year - Cherry Cultivar Cost ($/acre)

16. Estimated net returns at various prices and yields – Sweetheart cherry full production [1]

17. Cost of production of pear Anjou and Bartlett

18. Assumptions - Pears Anjou Bartlett 10-acre block 8 by 15 feet 389 trees/acre (10% of planted trees are pollinizers – Anjou) Modified central leader, freestanding • 40-acre block • 7 by 15 feet • 350 trees/acre (25% of planted trees are pollinizers – Bartlett)

19. Percentage distribution of cost centers during a full production year – Anjou (2010)

20. Percentage distribution of cost centers during a full production year – Bartlett (2010)

21. Cost centers - Pears

22. Cost centers - Pears

23. Cost centers - Pears

24. Summary of Costs and Returns – Full Production Year - Pears Cultivar Cost ($/acre)

26. Estimated Net Returns at Various Prices and Yields – Anjou Full Production [1]

27. Break-Even Return per Bin to Cover Production Costs – Bartlett Pears

28. Estimated Net Returns at Various Prices and Yields – Bartlett Full Production [1]

29. Where is it? http://extecon.wsu.edu/pages/Enterprise_Budgets

30. THANK YOUKarina Gallardo SES – TFREC – CPAASWashington State UniversityWenatchee, WA. Email: karina_gallardo@wsu.edu