Table 3.
Payments for weed control for both applications.
| Area payments | Conventional application method | Experimental application method |
|---|---|---|
| Herbicide cost (€/ha) | ||
| - Pre-emergence | 81.67 | 40.84 |
| - 1st Post-emergence | 38.64 | 19.32 |
| - 2nd Post-emergence | 74.95 | 37.47 |
| - 3rd Post-emergence | 145.83 | 72.92 |
| Hand weeding (h/ha) | 15.32 * | 13.19 * |
| Worker cost (€/ha) | 117.96 | 101.56 |
| Cost of fuel (€/ha) | 5.32 | 6.92 |
| Total cost per ha (€/ha) | 459.05 | 272.11 |
| ANNUAL PAYMENTS | ||
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| Insurance (€/year) | 147 | 307.50 |
| Repair and maintenance (€/year) | Variable | Variable |
| GPS-RTK signal costs (€/year) | 0 | 820 |
| INVESTMENTS | ||
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| Electro-hydraulic side-shift frame (€) | 0 | 900 |
| Mechanical and chemical weed control system (€) | 0 | 10,000 |
| RTK-GPS (€) | 0 | 9,100 |
| Conventional broadcast sprayer (€) | 9,800 | 0 |
*
Not summed in these columns because of differences in units (i.e., h/ha and €/ha).