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Non-Cereal Margins 2005

Variable Costs excl. VAT (€ /acre)

		Bachelors	Winter	Spring	Winter	Spring
	Sugar Beet	Peas	Beans		Oilseed Rape		Linseed
MATERIALS	251	155	113	107	168	102	61
Seed	43	60	40	40	17	17	20
Fertilisers	113	28	28	28	89	69	27
Sprays:
Herbicides	63	40	12	12	29	0	14
Fungicides	11	24	30	24	26	0	0
Insecticides	21	2	2	2	6	16	0
HIRE MACHINERY	206	129	119	114	160	127	121
Plough, Till and Sow	71	49	49	49	49	49	49
Roll	0	5	0	0	5	5	5
Spray	23	17	23	17	23	17	11
Fertiliser Spreading	11	6	6	6	17	6	6
Swathing	0	0	0	0	24	0	0
Harvesting	101	53	42	42	42	51	51
MISCELLANEOUS	94	15	18	11	16	7	5
Interest (7%)	10	5	4	4	7	3	2
Transport (€ 4.2/Tonne)	84	6	10	8	6	4	3
Bird Control	0	4	4	0	3	0	0
TOTAL VARIABLE COSTS	551	298	251	233	344	236	187
Output to cover variable costs
Tonnes/acre	11.0	1.4	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.1	1.2
Net Price (€/Tonne)	50	217	130	130	205	205	150
AID (SFP)=NOT included		22	22	22	18	18	0

	Peas	Beans		Oilseed Rape		Linseed
Gross Margins (€/ac)
	Bachelors	Winter	Spring	Winter	Spring
Tonnes/acre
0.5					-114	-111
0.8					-52	-66
1.0	-56	-97	-79	-118	-10	-35
1.2	-12	-70	-52	-77	31	-5
1.8	119	9	27	48	156	86
2.0	163	35	53	89	197	0
2.4	251	87	106	172	0	0
2.8	339	140	158	0	0	0