Phosphate Rate of Return Calculator

Crop and Soil Data

Crop Type:

Expected Price ($/bushel):

Crop Yield (bu/ac):

Soil Test (0-6″):

NFRZ Zone:

Soil Texture:

Irrigation:

Fertilizer Data

Cost/Tonne:

% P205:

Price of Urea:

Fertilizer P205 Increment

Crop Price Increment

Fertilizer Price Increment

Cost Unit of P205

Fertilizer Reccomendations
Target Yield Is		bu/acre
Total Removal		lb P2O5/ac
Required		lb/ac towards sufficiency
Remaining		lb/ac towards sufficiency

Result by Crop Price Result by Fertilizer Price

			Expected Crop Price

		Yield Increase	Net Return ($/ac.)**
	P205 Rate	from 0 lb. P2O5*	Crop:P205 Ratio
Recommendation for:	(lb/ac)	(bu/ac)
Sufficiency:
Sufficiency -5 lbs:
Total Removal:

*Yield responses are averages from 79-site years of Westco P-rate studies for wheat in the three prairie provinces
**Net Return = (wheat price x yield increase) – (P2O5 price x P2O5 rate)
Calculations performed on this spreadsheet are based on averages from a large area and are not farm specific. They are provided as a guideline only.

			Expected Fertilizer Price

		Yield Increase	Net Return ($/ac.)**
	P205 Rate	from 0 lb. P2O5*	Crop:P205 Ratio
Recommendation for:	(lb/ac)	(bu/ac)
Sufficiency:
Sufficiency -5 lbs:
Total Removal: