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Enter the yield, price, and costs per hectare to find out the cost per bag, the breakeven yield, and the profit.
Pre-sizing and estimating tool: the results do not replace a design, calculation, or report signed by a qualified professional, nor verification against the applicable standards.
Each item in R$/ha, from largest to smallest. In blue, variable costs; in orange, interest and fixed costs.
Profit in R$/ha for yields of 50% to 150% of expected, with the entered price and with a 10% variation up and down.
Drag the controls to simulate data different from what you entered (from 30% less to 30% more) and watch the result change instantly.
Profit in reais per hectare for combinations of yield and sale price, with the total cost per hectare entered.
The calculation done in steps, with the values you entered.
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Enter the expected yield and the sale price per bag. Then fill in the variable costs per hectare (seed, fertilizer, pesticides, operations, labor, and others), the cycle interest, and the lease or other fixed costs. The calculator shows the total cost, the cost per bag, the breakeven point, and the result per hectare and for the area.
Yield of 60 bags/ha at R$ 120 per bag. Variable costs: seed R$ 350, fertilizers R$ 1,200, pesticides R$ 900, operations R$ 400, labor R$ 150 and other R$ 200 per hectare. Interest of 4% on variable costs and fixed costs of R$ 800/ha.
Variable cost = R$ 3,200/ha; interest = R$ 128; fixed = R$ 800. Total cost = R$ 4,128/ha, or R$ 68.80 per bag. Revenue = R$ 7,200/ha and profit = R$ 3,072/ha. Break-even: 4,128 ÷ 120 = 34.4 bags/ha.
| Item | What it includes |
|---|---|
| Seeds or seedlings | seeds, treatment and inoculant |
| Fertilizers and soil amendments | fertilizers, lime, gypsum and freight |
| Crop protection products | herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and adjuvants |
| Mechanized operations | preparation, sowing, applications, harvest and internal transport (use the machine hourly cost) |
| Labor | wages and charges for farm staff |
| Other variable costs | technical assistance, crop insurance, storage, drying |
| Fixed | lease, administration, depreciation of improvements |
The bag price should be the net amount that reaches the producer. Deductions from revenue, such as contributions on sales (for example, Funrural), sales freight, and warehouse fees, should be in the net price so that profit reflects reality.
If the product reaches the buyer wet or with impurities, adjust the weight in the grain classification before calculating revenue.
Add all costs per hectare and divide by the yield in bags per hectare.
It is the minimum yield that pays the full cost at the sale price. Below it, the crop loses money.
Add all costs per hectare (variable, interest and fixed) and divide by the yield in bags per hectare. The higher the yield, the lower the cost per bag.
It is the minimum yield to cover the total cost at the sale price: total cost ÷ bag price. Below it, the crop makes a loss.
Yes. Include the lease paid, or what your own land would earn if it were leased out (opportunity cost). Without it, profit appears higher than it really is.
In mechanized operations or with other variables, follow your accounting. What matters is not leaving out any step, from sowing to the warehouse.
The cost of capital invested in the cycle: the financing rate or the return the money would have earned if invested, in proportion to the crop time.
Important notice: the Agrocalcs tools make estimates and preliminary sizing based on the data entered and on published engineering methods. They do not replace a design, a calculation report or a report signed by a qualified professional (CREA/ART), nor verification against the applicable technical standards and legislation, such as the Regulatory Standards of the Ministry of Labor. Material and fuel properties vary: check with the manufacturer or with analyses of your process before deciding. By using the site, you agree to the Terms of Use.
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