Khairo S (2008) The 2008 gross margin budgets for winter crops for central New South Wales. Available online at http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/farm-business/budgets/winter-crops.

Summary

The Farm Enterprise Budgets 2008 – Winter Crops for Central NSW are produced as a guide to the costs and returns associated with major broadacre winter cropping enterprises to assist landholders in Central NSW to plan for the 2008 winter cropping season.

The gross margin and pasture establishment budgets are intended to provide a guide to the relative profitability of a range of cropping enterprises, and an indication of the management operations likely to be involved. The gross margin budgets are presented as a guide only since agricultural production in the zone is not homogeneous.

Budgets are calculated using crop yields for the region that are consistent with the operations given, forecast commodity prices, current input costs and technical information provided by district agronomists.

The degree to which these budgets reflect actual crop returns will be influenced not only by general factors common to all farms, such as prices and seasonal conditions, but also by the individual farm characteristics such as soil type, crop rotation, and management.