AgTech Implementation Payback Calculator
Please enter in your details below, to calculate the potential savings that you could generate by implementing smart farm technologies.
Name
*
First Name
Last Name
Email
*
example@example.com
AgTech Type
Remote Rain Gauges
Water Tank Monitoring
Quantity of Assets to be monitored.
*
points
Total Distance travelled checking tanks/rainfall points
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km
Time spent checking tanks/rainfall points (include travel time for a return trip)
*
hours
Runs travelled per week
*
Hourly Labour Rate ($/hr)
*
Do not forget loadings (casual, annual leave, sick leave) & other fees/charges (super, work-cover, etc.)!
Return Travel Costs ($/km)
*
ATO suggested rate $0.78/km
Single Device Price (Upfront)
*
$/ea
Annual Device Fees ($/device)
*
$/ea
Calculations Section - Monitoring Costs
Here we will calculate the cost of manually checking water points & rain gauges. These cells are auto-calculated from your above answers. To change the values, we recommend updating the values above.
Annual Labour Costs
$ per annum
Annual Travel Costs
$ per annum
Total Monitoring Costs (per year)
$ per annum
Calculations Section - Hardware Implementation & Ongoing Costs
Here we will calculate the cost of implementing tank monitoring & remote rain-gauges and their associated on-going costs on farm. These cells are auto-calculated from your above answers. To change the values, we recommend updating the values above.
Upfront Hardware Costs
$ for year 1
Yearly Maintenance
$ per annum
Total Implementation Cost (Year 1)
Total Ongoing Costs (Year 2 + Onwards)
$ per annum
Potential Savings
Here we will calculate the potential savings of implementing these AgTech devices on-farm, and their anticipated savings over a 5-year period.
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Cumulative Saving (5-Year Period)
Note: This does not include any additional resource utilisation benefits, efficiency gains or other benefits such as improved animal welfare
Payback Period (Years)
Payback Period (Months)
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