Estimated margins for OSR

[STONEPICKER]

Can anyone give me a projection for the total input costs per acre for a crop of OSR established this year and a guess at market price in 2021 - Margin ???

 

[Brisel]

£120-200/ac variable costs. Margin depends on yield and price. 1.4 t/ac yield maybe. £330/t inc bonuses at a guess

 

[Adeptandy]

Fudge all here, late CSFB Decimated the plants so not risking larvae in the spring, it’s being replaced pith really established well and made it to good sized plants, then major shot holing, it would survive and grow ok, but rather than spend on it, it’s now a cover crop

 

[juke]

£119 variables here, add another £100 for all machinery costs (based on NAAC contractor rates for fairness when doing comparisons) including delivery to the tyne 1.45 tonnes/ac yield this time down on the farm average 46% oil crop not sold yet. there will be a little bit of fat left once fixed costs are factored in.

 

[Brisel]

£119 variables here, add another £100 for all machinery costs (based on NAAC contractor rates for fairness when doing comparisons) including delivery to the tyne 1.45 tonnes/ac yield this time down on the farm average 46% oil crop not sold yet. there will be a little bit of fat left once fixed costs are factored in.

That £100 will include labour in the machinery element but not management nor agronomy.

Adding to my earlier post, there is a massive variation in what people spend on variable costs, fixed costs as well as performance and price achieved. Just replacing P and K off take is £26/acre.

 

[STONEPICKER]

Thanks

 

[juke]

That £100 will include labour in the machinery element but not management nor agronomy.

Adding to my earlier post, there is a massive variation in what people spend on variable costs, fixed costs as well as performance and price achieved. Just replacing P and K off take is £26/acre.

Quite right I should of added 6 quid on for the agronomist, I'd already factored p n k along with other trace elements into variables.
Not sure what I need to for crop management as most of that's done when there's a machine in the field doing some thing else or down to the agronomists advice