Free farming tool
Will this crop pay?
Put in your own costs, the yield you expect and the price you expect, and see the profit, the cost per kg and the price you need to break even. Your numbers stay on your device.
Your estimate
Enter the area, your costs, the expected yield and the price to see the result.
Benefits
Why work it out first
- Know before you sowSee whether a crop is likely to pay before you spend on it.
- Your break-even priceThe lowest price that covers your costs — useful to know at the mandi.
- Ready for a price fallSee your profit if the price goes 10 or 20 % up or down.
- Kept on your deviceYour numbers stay on your phone or computer, survive a reload and can be printed.
Getting a realistic estimate
- Count your own and your family's labour at the wage you would pay someone else.
- Include land rent even on your own land, if you want to compare it with leasing it out.
- Use a cautious yield and a cautious price — then check the table to see how a lower price changes things.
- For orchards, a first harvest can be years away: use one year's costs and returns at a time.