FINANCIAL RESULTS ACHIEVED IN SHORT-DAY STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION

Dragan Galić; Dušan Milić; Zorica Sredojević

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj1404851G

Authors

Dragan Gali?, M.Sc. University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Simcoe
Dušan Mili?, PhD University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Novi Sad
Zorica Sredojevi?, PhD University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agroeconomy, Belgrade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj1404851G

Keywords:

short-day of strawberry, cost of production, total income, and financial result.

Abstract

In South-western Ontarios continental climate (short days, hot summers and very cold winters) the matted-row system was the dominant production system to grow short-day strawberries. Varieties-staggered production (planting a combination of early, mid and late-season varieties) provides strawberry harvest from five to seven weeks. Short-day strawberries are vegetative grown in the first year, and harvested for two consecutive years. The total cost of short–day strawberry production was 54,370 $CAD/ha. The production and harvest costs in the first and second years were 20,812 $CAD/ha and 16,930 $CAD/ ha, respectively, and accounted for 69.42% of the total. Pre-plans operations were the least expensive procedures costing 8.13%, while planting and care of young plants made up 22.45% of the total costs. The total income of growing short-day strawberries under a matted-row system was 76,671 $CAD/ha (the first and second production years 41,330 $CAD/ha and 35,341 $CAD/ha, respectively). The short-day strawberries in matted-row system, with average yield of 15,722 kg/ha, generated a net revenue of 22,300 $CAD/ha.

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