Soybeans: gross margins per ha 2010/2011 Sojabone: bruto marge per ha

Crop summary / Gewasopsomming

Area / Gebied		Karkloof	Vryheid	Kinross	Middel- burg	Koster	Lichten- burg	Mareet- sane	Berg- ville	Brits / Koe- does- kop	Gro- blers- dal	Reitz	Frank- fort
Cultivation system / Bewerkingstelsel		None Geen	Mini- mum	None Geen	Conventional / Konvensioneel				None Geen	Conventional / Konvensioneel
Irrigation or dryland / Besproeiing of droëland		Dryland / Droëland							Irrigation / Besproeiing			Dryland / Droëland
Yield / Opbrengs	T/ha	3.0	2.5	2.0	2.5	2.0	1.5	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	1.5
Nett farm price / Netto plaasprys	R/ton	2 434	2 481	2 465	2 457	2 481	2 504	2 505	2 484	2 435	2 433	2 503	2 536
Safex	R/ton	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600	2 600
Transport differential /   Vervoerdifferensiaal	R/ton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other marketing costs /   Ander	R/ton	166	119	135	143	119	96	95	116	165	167	97	64
Gross income / Bruto inkomste	R/ha	7 303	6 202	4 930	6 142	4 962	3 757	2 505	9 935	9 740	9 733	5 007	3 803
Variable costs / Veranderlike koste
Pre harvest cost / Vooroeskoste
Seed / Saad	R/ha	2 161	963	407	611	827	827	827	533	672	672	398	399
Own / Eie	R/ha	0	146	246	229	70	70	70	197	232	232	167	168
Purchased / Gekoop	R/ha	2 161	817	161	382	757	757	757	336	440	440	231	231
Fertilizer / Bemesting	R/ha	980	761	575	745	729	663	623	1 004	672	829	790	548
Lime / Kalk	R/ha	209	209	71	61	39	26	52	232	28	0	0	0
Herbicides / Onkruiddoders	R/ha	465	408	224	276	203	203	152	401	415	415	649	386
Pesticides and fungicides / Plaag- en swambeheer- middels	R/ha	356	283	28	16	418	418	418	734	8	8	0	0
Casual labour Los arbeid	R/ha	0	68	0	0	50	50	50	136	0	102	0	0
Aero spray (contract) / Lugbespuiting (kontrak)	R/ha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	209	0	140	112	112
Crop insurance / Oesversekering	R/ha	1 300	930	505	447	484	281	187	780	526	526	598	449
Irrigation / Besproeiing	R/ha	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 029	2 527	1 971	0	0
Mechanisation costs / Meganisasiekoste
Fuel / Brandstof	R/ha	78	265	90	318	393	399	423	85	414	418	393	327
Repairs and maintenance /   Herstel en onderhoud	R/ha	142	232	140	250	251	251	317	108	285	285	299	232
Interest on working capital /  Rente op bedryfskapitaal	R/ha	339	249	129	166	218	198	195	315	376	365	196	152
Harvesting costs / Oeskoste	R/ha	206	205	198	165	570	486	500	227	715	716	251	251
Total variable costs Totaal veranderlike koste	R/ha	6 237	4 574	2 367	3 054	4 182	3 801	3 744	5 792	6 637	6 447	3 687	2 856
Gross margin Bruto marge	R/ha	1 066	1 628	2 563	3 088	781	-44	-1 239	4 144	3 103	3 286	1 320	948
Regular labour costs / Gereelde arbeidskoste	R/ha	378	378	200	213	213	213	213	272	490	435	289	192
Margin above labour costs / Marge na gereelde arbeidskoste	R/ha	688	1 250	2 363	2 875	568	-256	-1 451	3 872	2 613	2 851	1 031	756