Calculate machinery cost per acre, hourly machinery cost, ownership cost, operating cost, fuel cost, labor cost, repair cost, job cost, and annual farm equipment cost. Use this calculator for tractors, combines, planters, sprayers, tillage tools, balers, and other farm machinery.
Ownership cost:
The calculator estimates depreciation, interest, insurance, and housing cost from purchase price, salvage value, useful life, and capital rate.
Operating cost:
Fuel, lube, repairs, labor, and other hourly costs are added together to estimate machinery operating cost.
Hourly cost:
Annual ownership cost is converted to hourly cost, then added to hourly operating cost.
Cost per acre:
Total hourly machinery cost is divided by field capacity in acres per hour.
A machinery cost per acre calculator helps estimate the true field operation cost of farm equipment.
It can help compare machinery ownership, custom rates, field operation costs, repair budgets, fuel costs, field capacity, and total job cost.
Your result shows estimated machinery cost per acre, hourly machinery cost, ownership cost per hour, operating cost per hour, job cost, annual cost, depreciation, repairs, fuel, labor, and other machinery cost details. These are estimates based on the values you enter.
Calculate total machinery cost per hour, then divide by field capacity in acres per hour. For example, $180 per hour divided by 15 acres per hour equals $12 per acre.
Include depreciation, interest, insurance, housing, repairs, fuel, lube, DEF, labor, maintenance, and other operating costs.
More annual use hours spread fixed ownership costs over more hours, which usually lowers ownership cost per hour and cost per acre.
Higher field capacity means more acres covered per hour, which usually lowers cost per acre if hourly cost stays the same.