Farm calculators and crop planning guides
Plain-language guides on break-even prices, cost per acre, cash rent, and crop budgets. Each one pairs with GrainKit’s free break-even calculator, Cash Rent Analyzer, and equipment calculator so you can run your own numbers.
Corn vs Soybeans on Rented Ground: Break-Even Math
Compare corn and soybean break-even prices on rented acres. Step-by-step math, a worked example, and free GrainKit calculators to run your own numbers.
How to Calculate Your Corn Break-Even Price
Learn the simple formula every corn farmer needs: total cost per acre ÷ expected yield = break-even price per bushel. A step-by-step guide with a real example.
Corn Crop Budget Template: Every Line Item
Build a complete corn crop budget with this free template. Covers seed, fertilizer, chemicals, land rent, drying, equipment, and insurance — with real 2024 Midwest cost benchmarks.
Grain Marketing Strategies for Corn Farmers
Compare cash sales, HTA contracts, basis contracts, and deferred pricing. Learn how to build a grain marketing plan anchored to your real break-even price.
Soybean Break-Even Price Calculator
Calculate your soybean break-even price with real per-acre cost data for Midwest farmers. Know exactly what price you need to cover your costs.
Corn Cost Per Acre 2026: Full Budget Breakdown
A realistic 2026 corn cost-per-acre budget — seed, fertilizer, chemicals, land rent, machinery, labor, drying, and insurance — plus how to turn your total into a break-even price per bushel.
2026 Corn Cost of Production Per Acre
What's driving 2026 corn cost of production per acre — with real figures from Purdue, MSU, and Iowa State — plus a worked breakeven example using a 200 bu/acre yield.
Corn Break-Even Price 2026: Cost Per Bushel
Ag economists are projecting 2026 corn break-even prices in the $4.90-$5.35/bushel range. See why costs are running high, walk through a worked example, and calculate your own break-even.
Wheat Break-Even Price 2026: Great Plains Guide
K-State and Missouri Extension 2026 winter wheat budgets point to break-even prices roughly $5.60-$6.20/bushel for Kansas HRW growers. See the cost breakdown, a worked example, and calculate your own.
Soybean Cost Per Acre 2026: Budget Breakdown
A realistic 2026 soybean cost-per-acre budget — seed, fertilizer, chemicals, land rent, machinery, labor, drying, and insurance — plus how to turn your total into a break-even price per bushel.
Average Cash Rent Per Acre in 2026
2026 cash rents are holding roughly flat versus 2025 even as crop prices fall — Iowa averaged about $270/acre. Here's why rents are sticky, and how to check whether your rent still pencils.
Farm Supply Delivery Cost: What It Runs
How much does it cost to have seed, fertilizer, or feed delivered to your farm? A look at typical ag delivery fee structures, plus a worked example of GrainKit's own pilot pricing.
Seed Delivery Near Me: How It Works
Searching for seed delivery near me? Here's why farmers need on-demand seed delivery during planting, how farm seed delivery services work, and GrainKit's own pilot pricing example.
Canada Farmland Cash Rent Per Acre 2026
Canadian farmland rents have lagged land values for years, but FCC economists expect rents to start catching up from 2026 onward. Ottawa-area rent, Prairie rent-vs-value gaps, and a worked breakeven example.
Farm Equipment Lease vs. Loan: True Cost
Should you lease or finance your next tractor or combine? Walk through the real math on monthly payment, total cost, and residual value — plus a worked example you can run with your own numbers.
Cash Rent Negotiation Tips for Farmland
Practical cash rent negotiation tactics for row-crop farmers — how to bring data to the table, when to propose flex rent, and how to walk away from a rent that doesn't pencil.
True Crop Break-Even With Land Rent
Learn how to calculate true crop break-even when land rent is included. Compare operating and full-cost break-even using yield, total cost, futures, and basis.