Raspberry and Blackberry Interactive High Tunnel Budgets
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Raspberry and Blackberry Interactive High Tunnel Budgets
Jennie Popp
Germán Rodríguez
Brittany Haywood
Heather Friedrich
Curt Rom
Horticulture Industry Show January 8‐9, 2010
Fayetteville, Arkansas
INTRODUCTION
Production of blackberries and raspberries in Arkansas is growing as more consumers demand a local supply of fresh, high quality fruit.
INTRODUCTION
Demand for these fresh berries still typically exceeds supply in much of the state particularly early and late in the production season.
INTRODUCTION
Commercial production with high tunnels offers promise for those producers willing to make the necessary capital investment for early and/or late season production.
HIGH TUNNEL PRODUCTION
High tunnel production help to: – Minimize threat of freeze damage – Advance and expand harvest season – Reduce pests and pesticide use – Improve fruit quality – Spread workload and cash flow more evenly
OBJECTIVE
To develop raspberry and blackberry interactive budgets that allow comparisons among net returns, revenues and total costs to assist berry producers to make better planning and financial decisions.
BACKGROUND Numerous states have developed berry budgets; for example:
California http://www.goletavalleychamber.com/articles/uploaded/GoletaWhitePaperAppendixJuly2006.pdf
Kentucky http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id149/ID149.PDF
New York http://www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries/bramblepdf/high_tunnel_production_guide.pdf
North Carolina http://ncsu.edu/enterprises/blackberries‐raspberries/management/blackberry‐raspberry‐budgets‐pricing/
Ohio http://aede.osu.edu/Programs/FarmManagement/Budgets/berry/prepick.htm
Canada: British Columbia http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/busmgmt/budgets/budget_pdf/berry/raspov96.pdf
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND (cont.)
DESIGN
These budgets were developed to allow producers to compare among different cultivar varieties and high tunnel dimensions.
DESIGN The producer needs to select the planting distance, annual yield, market price, labor costs, interest rate, inflation rate and high tunnel dimension; then the budget will be created automatically.
BUDGET – SET UP
SUMMARY
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS
BUDGET
BUDGET
DETAILED BUDGET
BUDGET USEFULNESS
Producers can use these interactive budgets to estimate operating costs, fixed costs, total costs and expected total returns
By modifying an important production practice, cost or return value producers can answer what if questions before the producer undertakes the practice
Allowing comparisons among different cultivar varieties and high tunnel dimensions would assist berry producers to make better planning and financial decisions
LIMITATIONS
A certain level of general computer knowledge is required
Producers must have access to a computer with Microsoft Excel installed and working properly to take advantage of these budgets
Budgets work best with MS 2007 software
Activities are not broken down on a month‐to‐month basis