| Seedstar XP Return on Investment |
| University studies show that, in general, proper singulation and spacing will improve corn yields by a modest 1-2% |
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1,000 acres x 200 bushels = 200,000 bushels
200,000 bushels x 1% increase = 2,000 bushels
2,000 bushels x $3.50/bushel = $7,000
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| Row Command and Section Control Return on Investment |
Assumptions for this simplified calculation of row command economics
- Grower has 1,000 acres of corn
- 12-80 acre fields and 1-40 acre field (all fields 1/2 mile long)
- 12 row planter
- customer owns a section control activation
- 34,000 seeding rate (+/- 6" seed spacing)
- 80,000 count unit of seed corn
- $250/unit of seed corn
- 2 rows of overlap the length of the field
- 30" of overlap on each headland
- zero point rows
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Results of overlap of just 2 rows the length of each field = $437.50
Result of overlap of just 30" into each headland of each field = $1,375.00
Overall Cost of overlap on 1,000 acres = $1,812.50
Based off of an initial $8,800 investment to install Row Command on his 12 row planter the Grower will begin to realize a return on his investment after 4.9 years.
"0" point rows assumed in the calculation.
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