Agriculture financial tools

A gross margin is a financial calculation producers can make to determine the profitability of a crop or industry by working out the difference between the income and cost.

The following gross margin models enable calculations to be made for various aspects of the dairy, pig, poultry, and sheep industries. There are also tools available to assist with estimating product numbers.

The excel templates available include:

• Pig Gross Margin CSVGross margin tool for pig production in Queensland.
• Poultry-Broiler Gross Margin CSVGross margin tool for intensive broiler production in Queensland (Moreton…
• Property Purchase Economics – Sheep CSVEconomic aspects of a sheep property purchase.
• Ram CostCSVEstimation of ram cost per lamb.
• Sheep Gross Margin CSVGross margin tool for sheep production in western Queensland.
• Wether & Ewe PaybackCSVPayback model for the purchase of wethers or dry ewes.
• Wool Holding Cost – ShedCSVA tool that examines the costs associated with holding wool in a shed.
• Wool Sale AnalysisCSVBasic analysis of selling a wool clip.
• Wool Sell OptionsCSVA A financial tool comparing wool sale options (offer in shed compared to auction price)
• Dairy Heifer Export Decision ToolCSVAn economic decision tool to guide the decision-making process in relation to exporting dairy heifers