WINTER CROPS  //  2024 Income and Cost Budgets

Western Cape – dryland

Income and cost budgets for wheat, canola and oats for Moorreesburg, Malmesbury and Porterville
Area Moorreesburg, Malmesbury and Porterville
Crop Wheat Canola Oats
Production system Dryland

1. Income

Yield: deterministic Ton/ha 3.00 1.65 2.70
SAFEX simulated / derived price: 2024 R/ton 6 247 7 476 6 247
Total deductions R/ton 1 100 28 860
– Transport differential R/ton 817 827
– Grade differential R/ton 176
– Marketing, handling and statutory levies R/ton 107 28 33
Price premiums / Canola back-payment R/ton 748
Net farm gate price R/ton 5 148 8 195 5 387
Gross income R/ha R15 443 R13 522 R14 546

2. Variable expenditures

Contracting R/ha
Crop insurance R/ha 44 39 42
Fertilizer R/ha 3 733 3 410 2 717
Lime R/ha 227 190 233
Seed R/ha 1 213 1 445 739
Fuel R/ha 683 590 642
Herbicide R/ha 1 482 921 847
Insecticide R/ha 188 590 140
Fungicides R/ha 858 678 509
Marketing costs R/ha 65 19
Repairs and maintenance R/ha 868 754 782
Casual labour R/ha 10 13 11
Aerial spray R/ha
Other expenditure R/ha 101 90 90
Total variable expenditure R/ha R9 471 R8 738 R6 752
Total variable expenditure R/ton R3 157 R5 295 R2 501
3.1 Gross margin R/ha R5 971 R4 785 R7 794
3.2 Gross margin R/ton R1 990 R2 900 R2 887
Break-even yield T/ha 1.84 1.07 1.25
Break-even price R/ton R3 157 R5 295 R2 501
Source: Kaap Agri, Overberg Agri, GSA and BFAP, updated April 2024.
Gross margin comparison – Baseline: Swartland
Gross margin comparison – Baseline: Western Cape (Swartland)

Gross margin per hectare: Western Cape – Moorreesburg, Malmesbury and Porterville

Wheat sensitivity analysis
Yield (t/ha)
Producers price 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 3.75
R4 148 -139 898 1 934 2 971 4 008 5 045 6 082
R4 398 423 1 523 2 622 3 721 4 821 5 920 7 019
R4 648 986 2 148 3 309 4 471 5 633 6 795 7 957
R4 898 1 548 2 773 3 997 5 221 6 446 7 670 8 894
R5 148 2 111 3 398 4 684 5 971 7 258 8 545 9 832
R5 398 2 673 4 023 5 372 6 721 8 071 9 420 10 769
R5 648 3 236 4 648 6 059 7 471 8 883 10 295 11 707
R5 898 3 798 5 273 6 747 8 221 9 696 11 170 12 644
R6 148 4 361 5 898 7 434 8 971 10 508 12 045 13 582
Canola sensitivity analysis
Yield (t/ha)
Producers price 1.00 1.25 1.50 1.65 1.75 2.00 2.25
R7 195 -1 542 257 2 055 3 135 3 854 5 653 7 452
R7 445 -1 292 569 2 430 3 547 4 292 6 153 8 014
R7 695 -1 042 882 2 805 3 960 4 729 6 653 8 577
R7 945 -792 1 194 3 180 4 372 5 167 7 153 9 139
R8 195 -542 1 507 3 555 4 785 5 604 7 653 9 702
R8 445 -292 1 819 3 930 5 197 6 042 8 153 10 264
R8 695 -42 2 132 4 305 5 610 6 479 8 653 10 827
R8 945 208 2 444 4 680 6 022 6 917 9 153 11 389
R9 195 458 2 757 5 055 6 435 7 354 9 653 11 952
Canola margin above/below wheat
Yield Price (R/ton)
R7 445 R7 695 R7 945 R8 195 R8 445 R8 695 R8 945
0.50 -10 986 -10 861 -10 736 -10 611 -10 486 -10 361 -10 236
1.00 -7 264 -7 014 -6 764 -6 514 -6 264 -6 014 -5 764
1.25 -5 402 -5 090 -4 777 -4 465 -4 152 -3 840 -3 527
1.50 -3 541 -3 166 -2 791 -2 416 -2 041 -1 666 -1 291
1.65 -2 424 -2 012 -1 599 -1 187 -774 -362 51
1.75 -1 680 -1 242 -805 -367 70 508 945
2.00 182 682 1 182 1 682 2 182 2 682 3 182
2.25 2 043 2 606 3 168 3 731 4 293 4 856 5 418
2.50 3 904 4 529 5 154 5 779 6 404 7 029 7 654

Notes

  • Please refer to Methodology, Approach and Definitions for in-depth interpretation of enterprise budgets.
  • The canola back-payment assumes 10% of contracted price.
  • The cost items reflect the input allocation based on the target yield for the respective crops.
  • Although some expenditure items are zero, it is reflected in the budgets to allow for individual inclusion.
  • The cost of fuel includes pre-harvest and harvesting costs with the assumption that own machinery is used.
  • The costs for wheat, barley and oats seeds reflect a combination of own and purchased seed.
  • It is important to note that overhead costs are not included and should be accounted for. Overhead costs such as interest on production loans, labour, management and administration will vary to a large extent from producer to producer. Producers will therefore have to deduct the farm business' overhead cost from the gross margins as stipulated in the tables and figures to calculate the net income per crop.
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