Crop revenue minus the direct variable costs of growing it — seed, fertiliser, chemical, fuel and contract — divided by effective cropping hectares. By stripping out fixed overheads it fairly compares crops, paddocks and rotations.
Winter-crop gross margins in medium-rainfall NSW swing widely with season and price — often $300–700/ha in a solid year — with the top operators consistently at the upper end through better yield and cost control.
GRDC Farming Systems ↗Gross margin per hectare is where yield, grade, price and cost finally meet. It reveals whether an expensive, high-input crop actually out-earned a leaner one, and which rotations are genuinely carrying the farm rather than just filling the paddock.
Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses, and keeps the figure current automatically.
Rank rotations on gross margin, not yield, and shift area to the winners.
Protect grade to defend the revenue side of the margin, not just yield.
Hold variable costs flat while lifting tonnes to widen the margin.
Crop revenue minus the direct variable costs of growing it — seed, fertiliser, chemical, fuel and contract — divided by effective cropping hectares. By stripping out fixed overheads it fairly compares crops, paddocks and rotations.
You need: Crop revenue ($), Variable costs ($), Effective cropped area (ha). Silo pulls each of these from the sources the operation already uses and keeps the figure current automatically.
Winter-crop gross margins in medium-rainfall NSW swing widely with season and price — often $300–700/ha in a solid year — with the top operators consistently at the upper end through better yield and cost control.
Rank rotations on gross margin, not yield, and shift area to the winners. Protect grade to defend the revenue side of the margin, not just yield. Hold variable costs flat while lifting tonnes to widen the margin.
Connect the software, spreadsheets and records you already keep, and Silo keeps every benchmark on this page current automatically.
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