Farm Profit
Full-farm profit and margin from revenue and costs.
About Farm Profit
All cost lines are summed and subtracted from revenue, with the result shown as dollars and as a margin. Farming margins are thin, so separating profit from gross revenue shows whether the operation is truly paying.
Formula
Farm Profit
Profit = revenue - costs; margin = profit / revenue x 100
- break-even
- Revenue needed to cover all costs
Worked example
With the default values below, Farm Profit returns Total Costs of $47,000. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Total revenueminimum 0
- 60,000
- Land & rentminimum 0
- 15,000
- Inputs & seedminimum 0
- 20,000
- Laborminimum 0
- 12,000
Results
- Total Costs
- $47,000
- Profit
- $13,000
- Profit Margin
- 21.7%
- Break-even Revenue
- $47,000
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Farm Profit
- 3Total Costs= 47,000
- 4Profit= 13,000
- 5Profit Margin= 21.7
- 6Break-even Revenue= 47,000
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 1 decimal place, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Farm Profit calculated?
Profit = revenue - costs; margin = profit / revenue x 100 All cost lines are summed and subtracted from revenue, with the result shown as dollars and as a margin.
Why does Farm Profit matter?
Farming margins are thin, so separating profit from gross revenue shows whether the operation is truly paying.
What values do I need to enter?
This calculator takes 4 inputs: Total revenue, Land & rent, Inputs & seed, Labor. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.