Total operating expenditure divided by tonnes of grain produced — your financial breakeven per tonne, independent of whatever the market does between sowing and delivery.
Grain cost of production is highly season- and yield-dependent, but southern and central NSW cropping commonly runs a breakeven around $200–280 per tonne; a poor yield spreads fixed costs over fewer tonnes and pushes it higher.
GRDC GroundCover ↗It is the key tool for managing volatility: it shows how far the price can fall before a crop stops paying, and it exposes whether high input years actually bought enough extra yield to lower the cost per tonne rather than just raise the spend.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Lift yield and grade so fixed costs spread across more premium tonnes.
Benchmark input purchases and time fertiliser buying against the market.
Cut the biggest overheads — machinery and finance — per tonne produced.
Total operating expenditure divided by tonnes of grain produced — your financial breakeven per tonne, independent of whatever the market does between sowing and delivery.
You need: Total operating expenditure ($), Grain produced (t). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Grain cost of production is highly season- and yield-dependent, but southern and central NSW cropping commonly runs a breakeven around $200–280 per tonne; a poor yield spreads fixed costs over fewer tonnes and pushes it higher.
Lift yield and grade so fixed costs spread across more premium tonnes. Benchmark input purchases and time fertiliser buying against the market. Cut the biggest overheads — machinery and finance — per tonne produced.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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