CALCULATOR
The following calculator is designed to show the analysis of grain harvest using different cut stubble heights. Harvest machine used: Combine with 9m cutting assembly.
Please fill out all fields to complete your calculation.
| Calculator | ||
| Business Assessment Analysis of grain harvest with different stubble height respectively high cut, | ||
| Harvest machine: Combine with 9,0 m- cutting Assembly | ||
| Harvest with normal stubble height (12 - 15cm) | ||
| Area capacity (Ha. per hour*) | Ha | |
| Combine cost including shredder & diesel comsumption* (€ per ha) | Euro | |
| Combine cost including diesel consumption (€ per hour) | Euro | |
| Maximum harvest hours per season* | hour(s) | |
| Total Capacity / total area capacity for 200 hours threshing time in the harvest | Ha | |
| Harvest with stubble at suggest height (35cm) | ||
| Area capacity (Ha. per hour*) | Ha | |
| Combine cost including shredder & diesel comsumption* (€ per ha) | Euro | |
| Combine cost including diesel consumption (€ per hour) | Euro | |
| Maximum harvest hours per season* | Hour(s) | |
| Total Capacity / total area capacity for 200 hours threshing time in the harvest | Ha | |
| Your potential savings on harvest costs (€ per ha) | Euro | |
| Your potential capacity increase (%) | Per Cent | |
| Handling charges for the Stubble Management (based on using the Spearhead STARCUT910) | ||
| Diesel consumption (Litre per. ha) | Litre | |
| Diesel price (€ Cent per litre) | € Cent | |
| Area capacity (ha per hour at 15kmph) | Ha | |
| Total cost including diesel (150KW tractor, STARCUT910) (€ per hour) | Euro | |
| STARCUT Stubble Management additional cost (€ per ha) | Euro | |
| Fuel Costs, based on Stubble Management heights below | ||
| Diesel consumption (Stubble height 12-15cm)* (Litre per. ha.) | Litre/ ha | |
| Diesel consumption (Stubble height 35cm)* (litre per. ha.) | Litre/ ha | |
| Diesel savings - High stubble height V's Standard Stubble height. (Litre per. ha.) | Litre/ ha | |
| Additional diesel consumption for Stubble management (litre per. ha.) | Litre/ha | |
| Net diesel savings (litre per. ha) | Litre/ha | |
| Net diesel savings (€ per hour) | Euro/ha | |
| Time needed for threshing - Standard cut V's high cut (dependent on ha*) | Hours | |
| Standard stubble height, demand in hours | Hours | |
| High cut total demand in hours | Hours | |
| Saving time need in hours | Hours | |
| Time needed for STARCUT Stubble Management | Hours | |
| Net Saving time need hours or increase consumption (-) because of Stubble Management | Hours | |
| Calculation of total saving with high cut stubble (35cm) | ||
| Total threshing costs for standard cut stubble (€) | Euro | |
| Total threshing cost for high cut stubble (35cm) (€) | Euro | |
| Savings before work step Stubble Management (€) | Euro | |
| Costs for Stubble Management (€) | Euro | |
| Net Savings when cutting at 35cm (€) | Euro | |
| Net Savings (€ per. ha.) | Euro/ha | |
| Saving potential by reducing the harvest moisture | ||
| Accepted yield (hkg per. ha)* | hkg/ha | |
| Basic drying costs in accordance with GAS (German Agricultural Society) 2008 | ||
| Moisture content reduce from 17% to 15% | ||
| Wheat price (€ per. dt*) | dt | |
| Drying cost (€ per. ha.) | Euro/ ha | |
| Drying loss (dt per. ha) | dt/ ha | |
| Loss because of drying expense (€) | Euro | |
| Additional proceeds because of harvest with 2% less moisture of the crop (17%>15%) | Euro | |
| Total proceeds potential with Stubble Management (35cm) (per. ha.) | Euro | |
| Cost calculation with increase dirt proportion in the crop | ||
| Crop cleaning costs (In accordance with GAS) (€) | ||
| A. Reduce dirt proportion from 0.1% - 0.3% (Standard) to less than 0.1% additional proceeds | Euro | |
| B. Reduce dirt proportion from 0.3% - 0.9% (Standard) to less than 0.1% additional proceeds | Euro | |
| Additional proceeds including Stubble Management, drying and cleaning (A) | Euro/ ha | |
| Additional proceeds including Stubble Management, drying and cleaning (B) | Euro/ ha | |
| Straw sales contra to high cut: calculation of advantages/ dis-advantages to standard cutting | ||
| Cost of straw? | ||
| Nutritional value when mixing straw in the soil (improves fertilizer and soil) averagely (%) | Cent/ kg | |
| Proceeds on the straw sales (per. KG) | Cent/ kg | |
| Cost for the straw harvest (Straw balers, storage and transport)* | Cent/ kg | |
| Straw yield 55%??? (dt per.ha) | dt/ ha | |
| Straw nutritional value (NPK) and soil improvement (€ per. ha) | ||
| Proceeds of straw sales (€ per. ha.) | Euro/ ha | |
| Minimum straw proceeds (per. ha) to cover sost and accepted proceeds | Euro/ ha | |
| Minimum straw price, direct from swath (€ Cent per kg) | ||
| Net additional proceeds with high cut and stubble management in place of straw sales (with A) | Euro | |
| Net additional proceeds without inclusion of drying and cleaning advantage | Euro | |
| On the example farm (Crop area in ha.*) | Euro | |
| Additional proceeds of the farm without consideration of drying and cleaning advantages | Euro | |
