Thinking of getting into cereal crops. Anyone got a breakdown including contractor costs

[Seth470]

Thinking of getting into cereal crops. Anyone got a breakdown including contractor costs.

 

[Chae1]

Depends what your growing!?

 

[Still Farming]

Crop Assurance, Sprayer training, testing ,cpd , chemical costs and reductions, all extra to think of also

 

[Seth470]

Depends what your growing!?

Whatevers best really. Most likely Feed Barley.

 

[Seth470]

Crop Assurance, Sprayer training, testing ,cpd , chemical costs and reductions, all extra to think of also

Got a clue on prices for them?

 

[Chae1]

Whatevers best really. Most likely Feed Barley.

You'd probably be better letting your land out. Think I'm up to £450/ha for spring barley. That's before its combined and dried. No figure in there for rent.

 

[Chae1]

Crop Assurance, Sprayer training, testing ,cpd , chemical costs and reductions, all extra to think of also

Will he need sprayer training? Said including contracting costs. The contractor will provide a trained sprayer.

 

[T Hectares]

So many questions...

Soil type
Area
Storage
What machinery on farm
Contractors

Just for a start !!

 

[Still Farming]

Got a clue on prices for them?

How long is a piece of string?
Acreage ,crops, machinery available, buy or contractor , buildings ,etc etc the senario's goes on and on.
Example Arable costings ,inputs and outputs online search Banks, uni's, plant breeders etc etc.

 

[fieldfarmer]

Just ask @Clive , he loves sharing info like your after. ?

 

[Still Farming]

How to calculate unit cost of production on arable farms

cropscience.bayer.co.uk

Quick search for you to get reading!

 

[bitwrx]

You'll be wanting one of these:

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www.thepocketbook.co.uk

And one of these.

 

[T Hectares]

WW Yields could vary from 0 to 16t/ha ( theoretically )
Prices have varied from £100/t to £180/t in the last 4 years
Variable costs could be anywhere from £300/ha to £600/ha depending on many factors from your location, soil type, attitude to risk and purchasing decisions
Fixed costs depend on whether you have machinery or are using a contractor

Easy really !!

Nix is a good start for costings

 

[Seth470]

So many questions...

Soil type
Area
Storage
What machinery on farm
Contractors

Just for a start !!

Loamy soil.
roughly 10 acres.
planning on putting some bales up in our workshop to make some sort of silo to hold the crop.
Case 844XLN and John Deere 2030 but do have access to a John Deere 6930

 

[Seth470]

WW Yields could vary from 0 to 16t/ha ( theoretically )
Prices have varied from £100/t to £180/t in the last 4 years
Variable costs could be anywhere from £300/ha to £600/ha depending on many factors from your location, soil type, attitude to risk and purchasing decisions
Fixed costs depend on whether you have machinery or are using a contractor

Easy really !!

Nix is a good start for costings

We have the tractors. But would be willing to invest in some cheap tack.
Big Jobs will be contracted but might invest

 

[T Hectares]

Loamy soil.
roughly 10 acres.
planning on putting some bales up in our workshop to make some sort of silo to hold the crop.
Case 844XLN and John Deere 2030 but do have access to a John Deere 6930

Do you have any implements to go behind the 3 tractors ??

*edit*

I’ve seen your above response...

Winter Feed Barley could yield from 7 - 10t/ha, work on somewhere in the middle
It’s worth around £130/t at the moment but usually it’s £10/t less than wheat
Variable costs could be between £400 - 500/ha
The straw maybe of good value to you ?
Think of assurance and selling the grain or are you using it yourself ?
You’ll need some fans to cool the grain or you’ll soon have a steaming pile of mush
Work on £300/ha for stubble to stubble contractor costs or £80/ha for combining, £12/ha for each spray pass, £45/ha for drilling

Anyhow that’s a start

 

[Seth470]

Do you have any implements to go behind the 3 tractors ??

Mostly grass equipment But our cousin who has the John Deere 6930 we can get tillage equipment For a small fee ( about £50 ) + diesel.

 

[Zippy768]

£18/20 per acre to get the crop direct drilled.
£5/acre everytime you get it sprayed. Roundup, Autumn herb, 2x fung - so four passes for WB.
I guess u have a fert spinner.
£30-£35 per acre to get it harvested - you haul.


Sitting back and watch the money roll in - free

 

[Seth470]

£18/20 per acre to get the crop direct drilled.
£5/acre everytime you get it sprayed. Roundup, Autumn herb, 2x fung - so four passes for WB.
I guess u have a fert spinner.
£30-£35 per acre to get it harvested - you haul.

Yep got a fert spinner got a clue for stuff like seed cost chemical cost fert cost. ?

 

[Zippy768]

Yep got a fert spinner got a clue for stuff like seed cost chemical cost fert cost. ?

Top of my head figures
£30/ acre seed
£40/a fert (N only)
£50-£60/a ag chems - very variable