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Table 8.20. Costs incurred by hemp production in the UK.
Variables
Average 2000-2004
Observations
Fertilizer costs (
/ha)
95.69
Nitrogen: 110 kg/ha
Phosphorus: 60 kg/ha
Potassium: 60 kg/ha
Seed costs (
/ha)
173.70
37 kg/ha
Plant health costs ( /ha)
0.00
Included for information only as
pesticides are not usually used
on hemp
Other costs and variable charges ( /ha)
?
Total of all variables for the crop ( /ha)
269.39
Cost of harvesting ( /ha)
Cost of mowing and sheafing ( /ha)
36.80
Equivalent to £25/ha for mowing
and £9/ha for baling
Cost of baling ( /ha)
58.88
Equivalent to baling at £7.27/t
Transport costs ( /ha)
97.15
Transport equivalent to 5.50 t/ha at
£12/t
Total of all variables for harvesting ( /ha)
192.75
Fixed mechanical costs ( /ha)
Variable labour costs ( /ha)
Total costs
379.32
Equivalent to a spend of 60.57/t
of straw
Table 8.21. Gross margins for irrigated hemp cultivation in the UK.
Total revenue
809.65
Excluding subsidies
Total costs
379.32
Gross margin
430.33/ha
Equivalent to a margin of
78.24/t
of straw
8.5 Comparative Study of the Costs
Across the Seven Areas Under
Consideration
8.5.1 Synoptic presentation of the data
from the seven zones under study
Table 8.22. Summary of revenue.
Australia
(non-
irrigated)
Champagne
- Ardennes
Australia
(irrigated)
Variables
Barrois
Holland
Germany
UK
Straw yield (t/ha)
8.72
5.48
8.00
6.22
5.00
8.00
5.5
Seed yield (t/ha)
1.07
0.92
0.00
0.800
0.00
0.00
0.00
Sale price of
straw ( /t)
83.50
83.50
100.00
110.00
151.65
155.40
147.21
Sale price of
seed ( /t)
313.33
313.33
0.00
313.33
0.00
0.00
0.0
Revenue from
straw ( /ha)
728.12
449.51
800.00
684.27
758.28
1243.20
809.65
Revenue from
seed ( /ha)
334.22
289.84
0.00
250.66
0.00
0.00
0.0
Total revenue/ha
1062.34
739.35
800.00
934.93
758.28
1243.20
809.65
Revenue ( /t of
straw)
121.83
134.92
100.00
150.31
151.65
155.40
147.21
 
 
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