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Value calculator
Work out the most a field-monitoring service could cost per acre per year for your own farm numbers to pay, and test any cost you choose.
The example farm is 320 ac of canola and 320 ac of spring wheat at the published yields and prices, with the scenario assumptions for handling and setup; loading it replaces your entries.
Sample · Illustrative calculation — your inputs
Results
Illustrative calculation using your inputs. It is not a prediction for your farm and not an AgriNova result. Published figures are planning-budget values, not your costs. AgriNova has not confirmed public pricing.
Break-even subscription: the most the service could cost per acre per year for these assumptions to pay.
Calculated Financial results use the formulas under “About this tool”. Hours recovered keep their input label.
- Value of benefits
- $0.00
- Other costs (setup, advice, operations, equipment)
- $600.00
- Hours recovered Your input
- 0 Value of time: your call — not counted as cash.
Enter a subscription cost to see the net benefit, the benefit per $1, the return on the extra cost and the break-even yield change.
More results: benefit parts, break-even bushels, other yield changes and the chart
Sample · Illustrative calculation — your inputs
More results
Calculated Financial results use the formulas under “About this tool”. Hours recovered keep their input label.
Where the benefits come from
- Yield change, after handling costs
- $0.00
- Input savings
- $0.00
- Irrigation pumping savings
- $0.00
- Cash labour savings
- $0.00
- Value of benefits
- $0.00
Assumptions and sources
| Input | Value | Label | Source | Source accessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canola area | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Canola yield | 45.2 bu/ac | Published figure | Saskatchewan 2025 average (Statistics Canada, revised; accessed 2026-10-04) | 2026-10-04 |
| Canola price | $13.20/bu | Published figure | Sask. Crop Planning Guide 2026 | 2026-10-04 |
| Spring wheat area | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Spring wheat yield | 57.3 bu/ac | Published figure | Saskatchewan 2025 average (Statistics Canada, revised; accessed 2026-10-04) | 2026-10-04 |
| Spring wheat price | $7.00/bu | Published figure | Sask. Crop Planning Guide 2026 | 2026-10-04 |
| Barley area | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Barley yield | 78.2 bu/ac | Published figure | Saskatchewan 2025 average (Statistics Canada, revised; accessed 2026-10-04) | 2026-10-04 |
| Barley price | $5.03/bu | Published figure | Sask. Crop Planning Guide 2026 | 2026-10-04 |
| Other area (no crop inputs) | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Extra harvest and handling cost per extra bushel | $0.50/bu | Scenario assumption | — | — |
| Yield change | 0% | Scenario assumption | No effect (0%) | — |
| Nitrogen spend | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Nitrogen saving | 0% | Your input | — | — |
| Crop protection spend | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Crop protection saving | 0% | Your input | — | — |
| Fuel spend | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Fuel saving | 0% | Your input | — | — |
| Irrigated area | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Cash labour savings per year | $0/yr | Your input | — | — |
| Hours recovered per season | 0 hours | Your input | — | — |
| Subscription cost (optional) | Not entered | Your input | — | — |
| Billed months | 12 months | Your input | — | — |
| Setup, onboarding and evaluation (your time, advice) | $600 | Scenario assumption | — | — |
| Added adviser fees | $0 | Your input | — | — |
| Extra field operations | $0 | Your input | — | — |
| Equipment and other | $0 | Your input | — | — |
| Yield change scenario | No effect (0%) | Scenario assumption | — | — |
Source & method: Saskatchewan 2025 average (Statistics Canada, revised; accessed 2026-10-04)
- What it is
- Published figures: Average yield (bushels per acre), Saskatchewan 2025, revised: canola (rapeseed) 45.2; wheat, spring 57.3; barley 78.2 (all barley: the table has no feed-barley series).
- Source
- Statistics Canada, Table 32-10-0359-01, Estimated areas, yield, production, average farm price and total farm value of principal field crops, in metric and imperial units. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3210035901 (read 2026-10-04)
- Who measured
- Statistics Canada
- Where / when
- Saskatchewan, 2025 crop year, average yield in bushels per acre (revised)
- Sample size or area
- Not available
- Baseline / method
- As published; used here as a default you can change.
- Known limits
- A provincial average for one crop year, not your yield. The table also holds in-season estimates for 2026; this calculator uses the revised 2025 averages.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-04
Source & method: Sask. Crop Planning Guide 2026
- What it is
- Published figures: Estimated farm gate price ($/bu.), 2026: canola 13.20; hard red spring wheat 7.00; feed barley 5.03.
- Source
- Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture, Crop Planning Guide 2026. https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/api/v1/products/127932/formats/153137/download (read 2026-10-04)
- Who measured
- Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of Agriculture
- Where / when
- Saskatchewan, 2026 planning prices, all three soil zones
- Sample size or area
- Not available
- Baseline / method
- As published; used here as a default you can change.
- Known limits
- A 2026 planning price: the guide uses the average crop-year farm-gate price. It is not a market quote or a price you will receive; the guide asks producers to check current prices.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-04
Source & method: Irrigation Saskatchewan 2026, canola (Outlook, SK)
- What it is
- A published figure (applied water, 8.0 inches) and a figure calculated from the same row (pumping cost, $2.00 per acre-inch): Canola budget (printed p. 8), row 'Irrigation power': 8.0 inches, $16.00 per acre. The pumping-cost default is about $2.00 per acre-inch, calculated from the guide's irrigation power cost per acre.
- Source
- Irrigation Saskatchewan, Irrigation Economics and Agronomics 2026 (revised edition, listed first on the publisher's guide page). https://irrigationsask.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Economics-and-Agronomics-Revised.pdf (read 2026-10-04)
- Who measured
- Irrigation Saskatchewan
- Where / when
- The guide's irrigated canola assumption for the Outlook, SK area, not a Prairie default
- Sample size or area
- Not available
- Baseline / method
- Applied water as published. Pumping cost calculated: the guide prints no rate per acre-inch, so $16.00 per acre ÷ 8.0 inches = $2.00 per acre-inch. Both are defaults you can change.
- Known limits
- Irrigation power for a 40 hp pump and a 7-tower low-pressure pivot; your water use and pumping cost differ. Fixed district water charges are not saved when pumping falls.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-04
Source & method: Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook 2020
- What it is
- Published conversion factors: One bushel = 0.02268 tonne of canola, 0.027216 tonne of wheat and 0.021773 tonne of barley, that is 50, 60 and 48 lb per bushel.
- Source
- Government of Alberta, Alberta Agriculture Statistics Yearbook 2020 (46th edition), Weight Equivalents of Selected Commodities. https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/da3573a5-465c-4dc1-8793-36e9dc02b775/resource/68350a33-6224-4f1a-93f1-894cc10c2c75/download/afred-itrb-agriculture-statistics-yearbook-2020.pdf (read 2026-10-04)
- Who measured
- Government of Alberta
- Where / when
- Statistical conversion factors (p. 3)
- Sample size or area
- Not available
- Baseline / method
- As published; used only to show tonnes per hectare beside the yields.
- Known limits
- Conversion conventions, not measured test weights. Used only for the tonnes-per-hectare equivalents shown beside the yields.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-04
About this tool: formulas, labels and limits
Formulas (per season, CAD; areas in acres)
- Contribution per 100% yield change: D = Σ area × yield × (price − handling cost per extra bushel).
- Value of the yield change: K = yield change × D.
- Input savings: I = Σ spend × saving. Irrigation: W = irrigated area × inches × pumping cost per acre-inch × water saving. Cash labour: L.
- Value of benefits: B = K + I + W + L. Hours recovered are shown separately and never counted as cash.
- Other costs: O = setup + adviser fees + field operations + equipment.
- Break-even subscription: (B − O) ÷ total acres, per acre per year (× hectare-to-acre factor per hectare).
- With a subscription: S = hectares × rate per hectare per month × billed months; total extra cost C = S + O; net benefit N = B − C; benefit per $1 = B ÷ C; return = N ÷ C (not applicable when C = 0).
- Break-even yield change: the cost left after other savings, R = C − I − W − L, divided by D, after checking the cases where no division makes sense (R ≤ 0; no crop area; D = 0; D < 0).
- Break-even extra bushels per acre: (C ÷ total acres) ÷ (price − handling) on every acre, or C ÷ (crop acres × (price − handling)) if one crop carries the cost.
Numbers are kept at full precision and rounded once for display, half away from zero. A break-even is a threshold: shown rounded it reads "about", because typing the rounded figure back in does not give exactly zero.
What the labels mean
- Published figure
- A number from a named public source, with the date it was read.
- Scenario assumption
- An editable assumption with no external source.
- Your input
- Typed by you. It never leaves your browser.
- Calculated
- The output of the formula shown (the pumping-cost default is calculated from two published figures).
Limits
- This calculator does not know your farm. It multiplies the numbers you give it; it does not estimate what a service would change.
- Published yields are provincial averages and published prices are provincial planning prices; neither is yours.
- No subscription price is suggested: AgriNova has not confirmed public pricing.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-04
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