Driving Harvest Performance Calculator
What does an extra km/hr or a reduction in litres of fuel/hr mean to your bottom line? Compare operating scenarios across fuel, labour, machine depreciation, grain loss and gross margin impact.
Machine & program
Fuel & hourly costs
Program
Gross margin
Seed, fertiliser, chemicals, spraying — excludes harvest costs
Operating scenarios — 80% field efficiency
Baseline
Adjusted
Grain loss — front & sieve/rotor combined
Enter total field loss as % of crop yield. Target <1% for cereals, <2% for canola / small grain, <1% for pulses.
Baseline loss
Front header + sieve/rotor loss combined
Adjusted loss
Target after machine setup improvement
Hourly cost breakdown
Full comparison — ha · t harvested · $/t
Machine class reference — 2025 cost estimates
Kondinin Group Report 157 (Feb 2023): Class 8 total operating cost exceeds $700/h including fuel, depreciation, labour and chaser bin. AgPages 2025: Class 7–8 contract rates $780–$850/h; Class 9–10 approaching $950/h. Diesel retail avg ~$1.84/L.
Depreciation: 8% of machine value ÷ 400 harvest hours. Chaser bin ~$150k at same rate ≈ $30/h. Fuel via ASABE standard (0.044 gal/hp·h at full load) at 85% engine load. JD X9 1000 = 549 hp (Class 8). JD X9 1100 = 690 hp, NH CR10.90 = 700 hp (both Class 10).
Throughput (ha/h) = speed × width × 80% ÷ 10. Grain loss cost = yield × loss% × area × crop price. Gross margin = revenue (from harvested grain) − non-harvest variable costs − harvest costs − grain loss value. All figures are estimates for planning purposes only.
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