Crop yield calculator.
Annual production = planted area × yield per hectare per season × seasons per year. Enter your own measured yield and commercial assumptions; greenhouse or irrigation choices do not automatically increase production.
Crop yield calculator
Annual production = planted area × yield per hectare per season × seasons per year. Enter your own measured yield and commercial assumptions; greenhouse or irrigation choices do not automatically increase production.
Estimate only — not a quotation. Outputs are indicative planning ranges based on the values you enter and typical commercial benchmarks. Real pricing, specifications and lead times vary by country, site conditions and supplier, and are confirmed only in written offers collected through a private RFQ.
Project inputs
Context only; no automatic yield multiplier.
Whole number, 1–12; verify crop-cycle feasibility.
Defaults are a hypothetical example, not agronomic averages or current prices. Use marketable yield, net planted area and the same season basis for yield and costs. All money is USD; no currency conversion.
Evidence to review: Torrellas et al., Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 2012 — One season, multi-tunnel greenhouse, Almería (Spain). This source is not applied to the hypothetical inputs.
Annual planning results
- Production
- 200 tonnes/year
- Revenue
- US$120K
- Operating cost
- US$30K
- Operating surplus / loss
- US$90K
USD per year. Excludes CAPEX, depreciation, financing, tax and overhead. Repeat-season yield is an assumption, not a measured annual forecast.
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SeedMatchGroup is a supplier-neutral, human-led platform. We do not manufacture or resell equipment — we help buyers specify the project, review relevant suppliers privately and compare the written offers received. Supplier participation and timing are not guaranteed.
Frequently asked questions
Annual production in tonnes = planted hectares × tonnes per hectare per season × seasons per year. For example, 5 ha × 40 t/ha × 2 seasons = 400 tonnes/year. This is a hypothetical scenario, not a crop forecast.
Use comparable local trials or your own production records for the crop, variety, climate and growing system. Published greenhouse studies are available in the linked yield planner, but their measured conditions may not match your site. This calculator applies no automatic irrigation or greenhouse uplift.
Revenue = tonnes × 1,000 × your USD/kg selling price. Operating cost = hectares × your USD/ha/season cost × seasons. Operating surplus is revenue minus that cost; it excludes capital expenditure, depreciation, debt service, tax and overhead unless you include them in your cost input. Defaults are hypothetical, not market prices.
No. Yield depends on crop, climate, disease, water, management and marketable quality. A SeedMatchGroup sourcing specialist reviews your private project brief; no yield, profitability or number of supplier responses is guaranteed.
Turning this estimate into a request? The seed varieties catalog lists what changes a quote — crop, variety type, seed class and documents — and opens a pre-filled request that our team reviews before any supplier is contacted.
Understanding the values
What each choice in this calculator means, and how the options differ in practice.
- Lot test data
- Germination, purity and thousand-kernel weight are lot-specific. Use the figures on the seed lot certificate, not variety averages.
- Field vs ideal conditions
- Laboratory figures assume ideal conditions. Field emergence is lower — the gap depends on seedbed, depth and weather at sowing.
Illustrative project summary
1 ha multi-span tomato house
A new commercial entrant builds a first multi-span block with fertigation, insect screens and a basic climate computer.
1 ha · Multi-span polyhouse · Tomatoes
Indicative full greenhouse project CAPEX
USD 575K – USD 1.56M
Illustration only, not a real project or quotation. This is the structure, equipment and site-works budget for the example greenhouse, not the price of this calculator’s individual system, seeds or inputs, and not a result calculated from your entries. Excludes land, permits, packhouse, financing costs and working capital.
Based on the published commercial greenhouse cost benchmark. Written offers require a private project review; commercial projects start from USD 250K.
What can change the result?
This is a preliminary planning estimate based on the values you entered. The variables below usually move the outcome most, and should be confirmed with an agronomist, engineer and supplier offers before final design.
- Crop and cultivar — water, climate and support requirements differ per crop
- Growing area and layout — hectares alone are not a greenhouse specification
- Local climate: temperature, humidity, radiation and wind exposure
- Growing system (soil, substrate, hydroponic) and plant density
Questions this calculator answers
Typical buyer and investor searches this tool is built for, including the markets where we run the most commercial projects.
- commercial agriculture project cost planning per hectare for a commercial project
- commercial agriculture project cost planning for a 2-hectare project — India
- commercial agriculture project cost planning: indicative planning ranges — Kenya
- commercial agriculture project cost planning benchmarks for investors — Saudi Arabia
- commercial agriculture project cost planning under local market conditions — Mexico
- commercial agriculture project cost planning — what to specify in a supplier RFQ
Method and decision path
How to use this result in a commercial project
Use the result to test scope and compare scenarios. It is not a design, agronomic prescription, financing offer or supplier quotation.
1. Enter site evidence
Replace defaults with measured area, climate, water, energy, crop and commercial assumptions.
2. Test scenarios
Change one assumption at a time and record the effect on capacity, cost, demand or return.
3. Validate the duty
Ask the relevant agronomist, engineer or financial adviser to check the inputs and constraints.
4. Prepare a private RFQ
Carry the confirmed scope into a human-reviewed brief so written offers can be compared on the same basis.
Final specifications, performance, prices, supplier participation and timing depend on the site and written supplier responses; none is guaranteed by this calculator.
Plan the project around the numbers
A calculator output is a starting point. Pair it with the planning guides below to align timeline, irrigation, budget and risk before you launch an RFQ.
One private brief, specialist review, private supplier research and a like-for-like comparison.
Spec gaps, MOQ, delivery, Incoterms and evidence labels for seeds, greenhouses, irrigation, fertilizers and produce.
Month-by-month schedule from concept to first harvest across 9 stages.
Design principles for drip, pivot, fertigation and filtration on commercial projects.
How CAPEX, working capital and operating cost drive the project business case.
The ten most expensive planning and procurement pitfalls — and how to avoid them.
Procurement answers behind these numbers
A model output only holds if the scope, contract route and delivery terms match the assumptions. These reference answers cover the commercial decisions that move the figure.
- Turnkey EPC vs separate equipment packages
- What belongs in a greenhouse equipment specification
- Normal payment milestones in equipment contracts
- Which Incoterms to use for greenhouse and irrigation equipment
- How long a commercial greenhouse takes from order to handover
- What is normally the owner's scope on a greenhouse project
Move crop yield calculator into a structured RFQ
Editorial · not a sales pitchCalculator outputs are indicative. When your numbers stabilise, a supplier-neutral RFQ turns those estimates into a consistent brief for comparing the written offers that participating suppliers provide.
The facts a complete, supplier-neutral request on this topic includes. Use it as a checklist before submitting.
- Project location, scale (hectares / m² / units) and target start window
- Crop, product category or equipment scope required
- Technical scope: structures, equipment, controls, irrigation, energy
- Delivery terms, incoterms, packaging and destination port or site
- Budget band (USD $250K+) and approval status
- Financing route: equity, senior debt, leasing, ECA, grant — where relevant
- Site plan, layout sketch or existing BOQ
- Any feasibility study or previous supplier quotation
Opens the RFQ Builder with this topic pre-selected so a specialist can scope it before any supplier is contacted. You stay in control — nothing is submitted until you review and confirm.
Free to submit · supplier-neutral · reviewed by a specialist before any supplier is contacted.
Running these numbers for a client project?
Agronomists, greenhouse and irrigation consultants use this calculator for feasibility, then hand the project to us for supplier shortlisting, RFQ preparation and quote comparison. You stay client-facing and we work through you.
Your client relationship stays with you — we work through you and never contact your client unless you ask.
Indicative only
- This tool is indicative only.
- It is not financial advice.
- It is not agronomic advice.
- It is not engineering design.
- Final numbers require supplier, agronomist, engineer and local regulatory review.
SeedMatch Group is an independent agricultural project sourcing and RFQ platform. We are not a farm, seed producer, fertilizer manufacturer, irrigation manufacturer, greenhouse builder, EPC contractor, lender or financial advisor. Supplier and project partner outreach is handled only after a commercial project brief is reviewed.
Supplier and manufacturer content is provided for research, transparency and discovery only. Buyers submit one project or RFQ to SeedMatch Group; our team validates and organises it, manages any suitable supplier or manufacturer outreach, and presents the responses through SeedMatch. There is no public directory of company identities, automatic matching, direct messaging or direct buyer-supplier contact.