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PDG Farmer Decision Tool

Will this product pay for itself?

A simple break-even tool for real field economics.

Enter your crop, acres, price, and PDG product. The tool shows whether the selected yield response can pay for the product, how much product is needed, and the safest next step.

Main question How much extra yield do I need to pay for this product?

The main result is conservative: yield response only, with no optional input-saving assumption.

Your field numbers

Annual yield ROI evaluates whether the product can pay for itself in the current crop season through yield response alone.
How should I choose the objective?

Use Annual yield ROI for normal crop economics. Use Problem-zone treatment for weak spots. Use Soil recovery / long-term productivity improvement when historical production records show persistent underperformance. Use Reclamation / establishment project for revegetation, hydroseeding, erosion control, or disturbed areas.

What does this mean?

Enter the realistic yield you expect without the PDG product. The selected response percentage is applied to this base yield.

Why does crop value matter?

Use your local cash bid, contract price, or internal planning value. Higher crop value makes each added bushel more valuable; lower crop value requires a stronger field response.

Crop prices are planning values only. Adjust using your local elevator bid, contract price, or internal planning value.

PDG program

What unit should I use?

Rate is expressed per acre. For liquid products use L/ac. For ZaharaGrow Mini-Granules use kg/ac. If your field recommendation is in lb/ac, convert to kg/ac before entering the rate.

Liquid products use L/ac.
Why is this editable?

This is a planning price. It can represent trial, grower-adoption, distributor, retail, or volume pricing. Use the actual PDG quote when available.

Why ask this?

Many small growers buy inputs directly from a dealer and do not have a structured fertility program to optimize. In that case, no input-saving scenario is assumed. Larger farms with a managed program can optionally test efficiency-saving scenarios.

No efficiency-saving scenario is assumed. The main result is based only on yield response versus product + application cost.
Price and rate are editable so PDG and the grower can evaluate realistic trial, adoption, distributor, or volume scenarios.

Expected response

How should I choose a response?

Use 1% for conservative planning, 3% for a moderate response, 5% for a strong response, and 10% only when a clear agronomic limitation may allow a very strong field response.

Advanced: optional efficiency-saving & packaging assumptions
Is this guaranteed?

No. Use 0% for dealer-purchase/no-formal-program situations. Use this only when a real input reduction, program adjustment, or efficiency gain is planned and can be validated.

When should I use recovery years?

Use this for soil recovery, long-term productivity improvement, or reclamation projects. It annualizes the treatment cost over the expected benefit period instead of treating the full cost as a one-season input.

Use 0% if no input reduction is planned. This is not a guarantee and should be validated by the grower, agronomist, or program provider.
For farmer-facing use, keep packaging included unless PDG wants to evaluate internal logistics. Planning defaults: drum $85, tote $250.
Annual Yield ROI Mode
Calculating...

Net return
$0/ac
yield response only
Break-even needed
0%
0 bu/ac
Product required
0 L
Packaging estimate
Estimated product value
$0
product only
How to read these results

Net return is the estimated profit or loss per acre from yield response only. Break-even is the minimum added yield needed to pay for product + application. Product required shows the logistics scale of the program.

Soil Recovery / Long-Term Productivity View

This view appears when the objective is soil recovery, long-term productivity improvement, reclamation, establishment, or problem-zone treatment.

Total treatment cost$0/ac
Recovery period4 years
Annualized recovery cost$0/ac/year
Recommended evaluation: stand establishment, ground cover, problem-zone improvement, soil condition, and productivity trend over the selected recovery period.
Tax / accounting consideration

PDG does not provide tax advice. For fields with documented poor productivity or soil-recovery needs, growers may wish to ask their accountant whether the treatment should be recorded as an annual farm input, soil-improvement expense, land-improvement investment, or eligible cost under available agricultural programs.

Logistics & Packaging Snapshot

Total product required0
Approx. packaging0
Product value$0
Packaging estimate$0
Why does logistics matter?

This estimate helps the grower and PDG quickly understand whether the opportunity is small-volume, drum-scale, tote-scale, or larger. It also helps PDG estimate potential order volume.

Recommended next step

Show calculation details / annual ROI reference
Product cost$0/ac
Application cost$0/ac
Added yield assumed0 bu/ac
Added revenue assumed$0/ac
ROI0%
With optional efficiency-saving scenario$0/ac

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