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Revenue Calculator

Calculate the Additional Revenue you can generate per year by using LessN

Input your charge out rate per Ha
Input the ha's per hour you would normally expect to spray
Input normal hours per day you operate
Input normal days per week you operate
Input your estimated percentage of down time spent filling or driving between farms etc
Therefore, the number of ha's you could spray per day:
Insert number of months you would operate a LessN spray rig (Dairy season = 8 months)
Therefore, the number of hectares your truck could spray in a season:
At your charge out rate that would mean an estimated Gross Revenue of:
Based on the average dairy farm size of 120 ha's and five application per year, the number of farms you could spray in a year is:
Now ask yourself... How many customers do you think you could get?
The Additional Revenue generated by farms per year would be

Payback Calculator

Calculate the Payback Period on your Capital Cost for an Additional Rig

Input Capital cost of Truck/Spray Rig
Input Interest rate to borrow this Captial amount
Input your labour wage rate per hour
Input Fuel cost per hectare
Input R&M on Truck/Spray Rig as a % of Capital Cost
Input Administration Costs as a % of Gross Revenue
Gross Revenue (from Revenue Calculator):
Less Expenses: Labour cost:
R&M Cost:
Fuel Cost:
Administration Cost:
Interest Cost:
Total Expenses:
Net Profit from running Additional Rig:
The Payback Period on Capital Cost is months

Note: These calculators are provided as a guide only. We suggest you contact your accountant or financial advisor for more detailed analysis of what adopting the LessN spray system could mean for your business.