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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