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Equipping for Efficiency
1. Equipping
for
Efficiency
2014
Tim
Livingstone
Strawberry
Hill
Farm
www.strawberryhillfarm.ca
2.
3.
4. Why
use
equipment
• Replace
Labour
–
make
work
easier
• Improve
quality/producJon
• Ease
pinch
points
in
producJon
Jming
• Physically
do
jobs
you
can
do
by
hand
– Plow
– Lay
plasJc
Jghtly
– Mow
– LiN
weights
5.
6.
7.
8. Type
of
system
long
term?
• Max
2
acre
market
style
garden?
• What
about
Livestock?
• Is
good
farmland
very
limited?
• What
system
is
best
suited
– All
by
hand
• Most
work,
least
cost,
most
efficient
use
of
space
– Walk
behind
tractors
• Easier,
faster,
more
expensive,
and
sJll
quite
efficient
– Larger
Tractors
(40
hp
and
up)
• Much
easier,
much
faster,
much
more
expensive,
less
efficient
use
of
space
9.
10.
11.
12.
13. $$
What
is
a
reasonable?
• Our
basic
cost
proporJons?
– Crops:
25%DC,
50%
Labour,
25%
Farm
– Livestock:
50%DC,
25%
Labour,
25%
Farm
• Try
to
allocate
10%
of
gross
sales
to
equipment
and
other
capital
improvements
every
year.
– Want
to
see
overall
farm
net
worth
constant
or
rising
all
the
Jme.
Usually
do
a
full
assessment
once
a
year
and
spot
check
throughout.
14. How
to
spread
the
$
• Lease
–
expense
the
equipment
• Outright
purchases
–
10%
tax
rebate
in
NB
– Up
front
Purchase
–
3%
savings
possible
– Purchase
over
Jme
• ie:
12
month
no
interest
• ie:
72
month
with
monthly
payments
15.
16. Making
the
choice!
• $
Spent
versus
$
Saved
– Tunnel
paid
in
first
year
– Bed
shaper
and
plasJc
mulch
layer
pays
annually
• MulJ-‐use
equipment
– Tractor
with
loader
– S-‐Jne
culJvator
• Equipment
with
the
most
hours
uJlized
17. Borrow/Rent,
or
Own
• Borrowing
or
renJng
can
be
ideal
– Round
baler
for
120
round
bales
a
year
– Get
to
know
the
neighbors
– Buy
a
trailer
so
you
can
transport
equipment
– “Borrow”
and
fix
up
an
old
implement
• Own
the
items
you
use
a
lot
and
don’t
have
other
access
to
• Benefit
of
using
a
more
tradiJonal
tractor
– More
likely
to
find
a
bush
hog
then
a
BCS
flail
mower
18. New
or
Used
• Are
you
a
mechanic?
• Do
you
have
employees
using
it?
• Does
it
have
lots
of
moving
parts?
• Can
you
find
it
used?
19. Few
other
Factors
• Concurrent
Use
– Self
powered
zero
turn
mower
– Gator
– Truck
with
flat
bed
• Changing
Implements
/
FuncJons
– Belly
mount
versus
3
point
hitch
• Maximizing
labour
in
busy
Jmes
– Ex:
PlasJc
mulcher
versus
a
vacuum
seeder
– Gator
or
UTV
20. Other
Equipment
for
Efficiency
• Vacuum
Seeder
• Storage
boxes
and
bins
• Storage
faciliJes
– Truck
box
– Heated/cooled
rooms
• Drum
Washers
• Furnace
• Flame
Weeders
• Covers
and
Sand
bags