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Farm Profit Calculator (Per Acre)

Calculate crop profit per acre from yield, selling price and cost of cultivation – plus your break-even price.

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Optional – straw, stalks, fodder.

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Is this crop worth growing? Enter your expected yield, selling price and cost per acre to see total income, profit per acre, return on cost and the break-even price – the lowest price at which you don't lose money.

About the Farm Profit Calculator

A crop can look good in the field and still lose money. Yields, prices and costs all move from season to season, and the only way to know whether a crop pays is to put the three together.

This calculator gives you the numbers that matter:

  • Net profit for your whole area and per acre.
  • Return on cost – how many rupees of profit each ₹100 of spending brought back.
  • Break-even price – the lowest selling price that just covers your cost. If the market (or MSP) is below this, the crop loses money at your yield.

What to include in cost of cultivation

For an honest picture, include everything you pay for and a fair value for what you don't pay cash for:

  • Seed, fertilizers, manure and crop protection.
  • Irrigation – electricity, diesel or canal charges.
  • Hired labour and machinery (ploughing, sowing, harvesting, threshing).
  • Transport and market charges.
  • Land rent if you lease, and ideally the value of your own family's labour.

Our fertilizer, spray and irrigation cost calculators help you put numbers on the big items.

How to use the Farm Profit Calculator

  1. 1 Enter the area and your expected yield per acre (or hectare).
  2. 2 Enter the price you expect per quintal.
  3. 3 Enter your total cost of cultivation per acre.
  4. 4 Optionally add income from straw or other by-products, then press Calculate profit.

The formula we use

Total yield = Yield per acre × Acres
Income = Total yield × Price + By-product income
Profit = Income − Cost per acre × Acres
Return on cost = Profit ÷ Total cost × 100
Break-even price = (Total cost − By-product income) ÷ Total yield

Worked example

5 acres of wheat, expected yield 20 q/acre, price ₹2,400/q, cost ₹22,000/acre, straw worth ₹4,000/acre (illustrative figures).

  1. Total yield = 20 × 5 = 100 quintal.
  2. Income = 100 × ₹2,400 + ₹4,000 × 5 = ₹2,40,000 + ₹20,000 = ₹2,60,000.
  3. Cost = ₹22,000 × 5 = ₹1,10,000.
  4. Profit = ₹1,50,000, or ₹30,000 per acre. Return on cost = 136%.
  5. Break-even price = (₹1,10,000 − ₹20,000) ÷ 100 = ₹900 per quintal.

Things to keep in mind

  • Test a bad year too. Run the numbers with a lower yield and price to see how much risk you carry.
  • Cash vs full cost. Leaving out family labour and your own land makes profit look higher than it really is.

Frequently asked questions

How do I calculate profit per acre?

Multiply yield per acre by price, add any by-product income, and subtract cost of cultivation per acre.

What is a break-even price?

It is the selling price at which income exactly equals cost. Below it, you make a loss at your expected yield.

What is a good return on cost?

It varies by crop and risk. Many field crops return 30–100% on cash costs in a normal year; high-value crops can return more but carry more price risk.

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