Production costs carrots in the Netherlands.

Production balance of carrots grown in the Netherlands

The average production balance of the carrots grown for the industry in the Netherlands.

GROSS INCOME					5.850
	Quantity	Unit	Price	Unit	Amount
Neto yield ¹⁾	65.000	kg	0.09	€/kg	5.850
Starting Material: THE SEEDS
normal seed + fung.	20	kg	16	€/kg	352
FERTILIZERS
calcium ammonium nitrate26% N y 10 % Ca	50	kg N	0.94	€/kg	47
kali 60 (chlorine-containing) 60% K2O with chlorine	54	kg K2O	0.51	€/kg	28
MEDICINES CULTIVATION
dimethoaat (400)	2.5	l	15.73	€/l	39
trifloxystrobin (500)	0.4	kg	221.22	€/kg	88
linuron (48%)	2	kg	31.77	€/kg	64
pirimicarb (50%)	1	kg	86.2	€/kg	86
metribuzin (70%)	0.2	kg	58.12	€/kg	12
ENERGY
fuel and lubricants	92	l	1	€/l	92
Storage and delivery	0	kWh	0.22	€/kWh
OTHER REQUIRED PRODUCTS
plakvallen wortelvlieg²⁾	1	hect	200	€/hect	200
OTHER DIRECT COSTS
interests	354	€	5.3	%	19
n-samples mineral	1	time	34	€/unit	34
Fee for national crop organization.	1	ha	27.55	€/hect	28
insurance against hail	5325	€	0.4	%	21
DIRECT PRODUCTION COSTS					1.110
Balance, money left over, per hectare for Privately owned mechanization equipment External services (sowing etc) and day laborers Private income					4.740
DAY LABORERS
PNEUMATIC SOWING	1	ha	77	€/hect	77
harvest costs	1	ha	753	€/hect	753
Total labor costs including interests (d)					830
Balance, money left over, per hectare for Privately owned mechanization equipment Private income					3.910
LABOR NEEDS
Soil preparation	4	hour
planting/sowing	0	hour
care for cultivation	5	hour
Weeding by hand	0	hour
cosecha & procesos	1	hour
TOTAL	10	hour
¹⁾ Production of one complete hectare. In practice only 90% of a hectare is used.

Balance per Unit (Hect.) Day_laborers(e=c-d) means:
All the above costs have been paid and subtracted from the GROSS INCOME. From the money that is left over the producer pays the finance costs of his mechanization equipment and then what is left over is:
his salary or income per hectare.

Please note that insurance against specific cultivation illnesses is quite normal in the Netherlands.

La cosecha de la zanahorias.

Manual carrot harvest

Carrots ready to be harvested

Harvesting carrots

Harvested carrots, waiting to be transported from the field.

Harvested carrots, waiting to be transported from the field.

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From this balance the producer has to pay his finance costs, the costs of the outsourcing of planting and harvesting.

And what is left, is his income per hectare per harvest.

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