53 Crop Maize (Bt) Sunflower Soybean Grain sorghum Groundnuts 1) INCOME Yield target (ton/ha) 4,50 1,75 2,25 3 1,50 SAFEX: Estimated price R4 455 R9 600 R7 400 R4 993 R14 695 Deductions R420 R724 R218 R63 R63 Net farm gate price R4 035 R8 876 R7 182 R4 930 R14 632 GROSS INCOME (R/ha) R18 158 R15 533 R16 160 R14 790 R21 948 2) VARIABLE EXPENDITURES Seed R2 186,13 R816,24 R1 759,91 R550 R1 760,50 Fertiliser R5 168,80 R1 955,60 R3 160,60 R3 579 R2 166 Lime R760 R760 R760 R179,49 R760 Fuel R1 402,06 R1 389,55 R1 171,61 R1 625,17 R1 502,97 Reparation R1 368,68 R1 440,66 R1 222,86 R778,43 R1 775,45 Crop protection R1 230,76 R2 610,84 R2 880,56 R1 199,15 R2 111 Pest control - - R789,26 Input insurance R355,91 R302,89 R308,49 R364,86 - Irrigation cost Grain hedging R1 074,13 R303,42 R191,82 - - Contract harvesting - - - - - Harvest insurance R534,23 R698,99 R1 423,78 R429,97 - Aerial spray - - - - - Casual labour - - - - R1 100 Drying cost - - - - - Packaging and packaging material - - - - R350 Interest on production (R/ha) R897,65 R655,23 R821,08 R557,85 R566,39 TOTAL VARIABLE EXPENDITURE (R/ha) R14 978,35 R10 933,43 R13 700,70 R10 053,19 R12 092,30 TOTAL FIXED COST (R/ha) R3 052,36 R2 980,94 R2 477,47 R2 574,20 R3 216,45 TOTAL COST (R/ha) R18 030,71 R13 914,37 R16 178,17 R12 627,39 R15 308,75 3) GROSS MARGIN (R/ha) R3 179 R4 600 R2 459 R4 737 R9 856 4) NET MARGIN (R/ha) R127 R1 619 -R19 R2 163 R6 639 Table 6.2: North West Free State production cost budgets for summer grain for the 2025/2026 season. Source: Grain SA INCOME AND PRODUCTION COST
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