Farm budgets and costs

Winter crop gross margin budgets

These gross margin budgets are listed under zones for dryland and irrigated winter crops in NSW.

Irrigated Murrumbidgee winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Rajinder Pal Singh, Economist, Yanco and Rachael Whitworth, District Agronomist, Griffith, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Kieran O'Keeffe, Coleambally; Mary-Anne Lattimore, Yanco.

All Murrumbidgee irrigation budgets (31pp) 161.3 kb
Barley 36.9 kb
Canola 29.6 kb
Faba beans 31.4 kb
Lucerne establishment 20.4 kb
Lucerne maintenance 28.8 kb
Summer perennial pasture 24.5 kb
Wheat: ASW/APW/AH, contour bay 37.5 kb
Wheat: biscuit, beds 29.1 kb
Wheat: biscuit, border check, conventional sown 29.4 kb
Wheat: biscuit, contour bay, sod sown 29.1 kb
Winter annual pasture establishment 22.5 kb
Winter annual pasture maintenance 21.1 kb

Dryland central (east) winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by Salahadin Khairo, Economist, Trangie and Kathi Hertel, District Agronomist, Dubbo, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Greg Brooke, Wellington; Leigh Jenkins, Warren; Tim McNee, Nyngan.

all.pdf 365.4 kb
Autumn legume pasture 26.8 kb
Barley 30.2 kb
Canola: long fallow 30.3 kb
Canola: short fallow 28.3 kb
Cereal rye 29.0 kb
Chickpeas 29.2 kb
Faba beans 27.1 kb
Field peas 27.8 kb
Linseed 27.6 kb
Lupins 31.1 kb
Oats / wheat for grazing and grain (short fallow) 30.2 kb
Oats for grain 29.9 kb
Triticale 29.1 kb
Wheat: long fallow 28.3 kb
Wheat: short fallow 33.4 kb

Dryland central (west) winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Salahadin Khairo, Economist, Trangie and Tim McNee, District Agronomist, Nyngan, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Leigh Jenkins, Warren; Kathi Hertel, Dubbo; Greg Brooke, Wellington.

all.pdf 265.5 kb
Autumn legume pasture 26.8 kb
Barley 29.2 kb
Canola: short fallow (no-till) 28.8 kb
Chickpeas 28.2 kb
Faba beans 28.3 kb
Field peas 28.9 kb
Lupins (no-till) 30.3 kb
Oats 27.1 kb
Safflower 28.5 kb
Wheat: durum 28.6 kb
Wheat: long fallow 29.5 kb
Wheat: short fallow 31.1 kb

Irrigated central winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Salahadin Khairo, Economist, Trangie and Leigh Jenkins, District Agronomist, Warren.

All Central NSW irrigated winter crop budgets (10 pages) 136.0 kb
Flood irrigated canola 31.0 kb
Flood irrigated lucerne establishment 30.2 kb
Flood irrigated lucerne maintenance 33.5 kb
Flood irrigated wheat 31.3 kb
Spray irrigated lucerne maintenance 32.2 kb

Dryland north-east winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Fiona Scott, Economist and John Kneipp, Technical Specialist -Cereals, Tamworth.

All Northern NSW (East) dryland winter crop budgets 511.0 kb
Barley: feed grade 28.3 kb
Barley: malting grade 28.6 kb
Chickpeas 28.5 kb
Canola 29.2 kb
Wheat: long fallow 65.7 kb
Wheat: short fallow 115.0 kb
Faba beans 29.3 kb
Field peas 27.8 kb
Linseed 29.6 kb
Oats 28.7 kb
Oats: forage 29.9 kb
Oats: grazing and grain 29.3 kb
Safflower 27.0 kb
Triticale 29.3 kb
Wheat: durum 27.0 kb
Wheat: grazing and grain 29.8 kb

Dryland north-west winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Fiona Scott, Economist, Tamworth and John Kneipp, Technical Specialist-Cereals, Tamworth with contributions from the following district agronomists: James Fleming, Walgett and Julie O'Halloran, Moree West.

All Northern NSW (West) dryland winter crop budgets (16 pages) 203.2 kb
Barley (feed) 27.6 kb
Barley (malting) 28.6 kb
Canola 27.1 kb
Chickpeas 26.1 kb
Faba beans 25.6 kb
Lupins 27.5 kb
Wheat: long fallow 26.7 kb
Wheat: short fallow 28.8 kb

Irrigated northern winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Fiona Scott, Economist, Tamworth and Stephanie Belfield, District Agronomist, Moree, with contributions from: Tracey Farrell, District Agronomist, Narrabri; Leigh Jenkins, District Agronomist, Warren; Peter Smith, Irrigation Officer, Tamworth and Don McCaffery, Technical Specialist Oils & Pulses, Orange.

All Northern irrigated winter crop budgets (13 pages) 175.9 kb
Bread wheat (spray irrigated) 29.7 kb
Bread wheat (surface irrigated) 30.3 kb
Chickpeas (spray irrigated) 30.8 kb
Chickpeas (surface irrigated) 30.0 kb
Durum wheat (spray irrigated) 27.9 kb
Durum wheat (surface irrigated) 30.1 kb
Lucerne establishment 26.5 kb

Irrigated Murray winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Rajinder Pal Singh, Economist, Yanco and John Fowler, District Agronomist, Deniliquin, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Andrew Schipp, Hay; John Smith, Barham.

all.pdf 95.8 kb
Barley 28.5 kb
Canola 28.0 kb
Lucerne establishment
Lucerne maintenance
Oaten hay: (flood irrigated - border check / conv. sown) 28.4 kb
Oats: grain only 28.2 kb
Summer perennial pasture 24.5 kb
Wheat: ASW/AH1, border check, direct drill 28.9 kb
Wheat: ASW/AH1, rice fallow, flood irrigation layout, direct drill 36.1 kb
Winter annual pasture establishment 22.5 kb
Winter annual pasture maintenance 21.1 kb

Dryland south-east winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Rajinder Pal Singh, Economist, Yanco and Peter Matthews, District Agronomist, Temora, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Janet Wilkins, Albury; Phillip Bowden, Cootamundra; Lisa Castleman, Lockhart.

All Southern NSW (East) dryland winter crop budgets (38 pages) 181.4 kb
Barley 24.9 kb
Canola: after cereal 25.8 kb
Canola: after pasture 25.8 kb
Chickpeas 24.7 kb
Faba beans 25.0 kb
Field peas 25.8 kb
Lucerne and sub. clover pasture 24.4 kb
Lupins: broad leaf 25.4 kb
Lupins: narrow leaf 25.5 kb
Oats: grain only 24.8 kb
Oats: grazing and grain (short fallow) - southern zone - east 23.0 kb
Phalaris pasture 23.0 kb
Sub. clover pasture 22.8 kb
Triticale 24.6 kb
Wheat: after break crop, direct drill 25.5 kb
Wheat: chemical fallow 25.9 kb
Wheat: grazing and grain 25.2 kb
Wheat: short fallow 26.6 kb

Dryland south-west winter crop gross margins 2009

Compiled by: Rajinder Pal Singh, Economist, Yanco and Barry Haskins, District Agronomist, Hillston, with contributions from the following district agronomists: Rachael Whitworth, Griffith; Andrew Schipp, Hay.

All Southern NSW (West) dryland winter cropping budgets (24 pages) 227.8 kb
Barley 24.2 kb
Canola: long fallow 24.4 kb
Chickpeas 24.0 kb
Field peas 24.0 kb
Lupins: broad leaf 23.4 kb
Lupins: narrow leaf 23.3 kb
Oaten hay: short fallow 23.7 kb
Oats: grain only 23.8 kb
Oats: grazing and grain (short fallow) - southern zone - west 23.9 kb
Wheat: long fallow 24.8 kb
Wheat: short fallow 24.2 kb
Wheat: short fallow (no-till) 24.3 kb