Cost of Production
Put data to work for your farm using our Cost of Production guides and interactive calculators.
- Current Cost of Production Guides & Calculators
- Non Current Guides & Calculators : Make data to work for your farm using our non current guides and calculators.
- Online Calculators
- Fertilizer Cost and Efficiency
- Presentations & Videos
- Livestock Price Slide
Current Cost of Production Guides & Calculators
These estimates can act as a starting point for farm budgets, and can be adapted to your operation using your own farm records. Several calculators are available under the following headings: Machinery; Land, Fence & Buildings; Crops; Forages and Livestock.
Land, Fence & Buildings
- RentPlan Crop Land Rental Rate Calculator (Online, Excel or PDF)
- Pasture Rental Rate Calculator (Online, Excel)
- FencePlan Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Grain Bin and Farm Building Rental Cost Planner (Online, Excel)
- Crop Share Lease Calculator (Excel)
- Hay Storage Cost Planner (Excel)
- Sample Land Rent Agreement
- Agricultural Crown Land
- Manitoba Assessment Property Search
- Manitoba Assessment Property Sales
- Association of Manitoba Community Pastures
Crops
- Crop Production Costs (Online, Excel or PDF)
- Fertilizer Efficiency Calculator
- Organic Crop Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Irrigated Potato Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- CROPPLAN Production Cost, Marketing and Management Calculator (Excel, Example Farm)
- FertPlan Fertilizer Cost and Requirement Calculator (Online, Excel)
- **NEW** Seeding Rate Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Crop Reseeding Decision Tool (Online, Excel)
- Sclerotinia Treatment Decision Tool - Canola (Online, Excel)
- Sclerotinia Treatment Decision Tool - Sunflowers (Online, Excel)
- Crop Disease Breakeven Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Grain Drying Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Standing Corn Decision Calculator (Online, Excel)
- **NEW** Standing Greenfeed Cost Calculator (Excel)
- Standing Greenfeed Decision Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Straw Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Manitoba Agriculture Crop Production
Forages
- **NEW** Forage AgriInsurance Calculator (Excel)
- Hay: Round Bale and Silage Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Silage Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Pasture Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Pasture Days Insurance Calculator (Excel)
- Standing Hay Costs Calculator (Online, Excel)
- FeedPlan Feed Ingredient Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Forage Purchase Decision Calculator (Excel)
- Forage Price Moisture Conversion Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Forage Yield Moisture Conversion Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Manitoba Agriculture Forage Production
Livestock
- Beef 300 Cow-Calf Production Costs (Online, Excel or PDF)
- Beef 150 Cow-Calf Production Cost (Excel or PDF)
- Beef Backgrounding Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Beef Replacement Heifer Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Beef Grassing Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Beef Feedlot Finishing Costs (Excel or PDF)
- FeedPlan Feed Ingredient Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Beef Cow Overwinter Cost Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Managing Low Forage Supplies During Winter (Excel or PDF)
- Calf Creep Feed Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Straw Ammoniation Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Livestock Price Slide Calculator (Online, Excel)
- LPI Calf Decision Calculator (Online, Excel)
- LPI Feeders Decision Calculator (Online, Excel)
- Cow Share Lease Calculator (Excel)
- Bison Cow-Calf Production Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Bison Bull Backgrounding Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Bison Bull Finishing Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Swine (26 to 121 kg) Finishing Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Swine Farrow-Finish Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Swine Farrow-Wean to 6 kg Costs (Excel or PDF)
- Swine Weaner Pig (Nursery) Costs 6 to 26 kg (Excel or PDF)
- Manitoba Agriculture Livestock Production
- Beef Cattle Research Council - Calculators
Other Resources
Contact us
- For more information, contact a Farm Management Specialist
- Email us at mbfarmbusiness@gov.mb.ca
- Toll free at 1-844-769-6224