Crop Planner — Area and Harvest Budget
Build a crop area budget from your entered yield assumptions, showing crop totals, remaining space or over-allocation in metric or US units.
Create a simple area and harvest budget for crops you plan to grow at the same time. Supply each crop allocation and your own yield assumption; the table multiplies them and totals the plan. The result identifies unused space or the amount by which your allocations exceed available land.
How to use this tool
- Enter the available net planted area and its unit.
- Choose the mass unit for every yield and harvest total.
- Enter each line as Crop | Area | Yield per area unit, without a header.
- Review row harvests, total planned mass and the capacity check.
Formula
Row harvest = allocated area × entered yield per area unit; allocated total = sum of row areas; remaining area = capacity − allocated total
All rows share the selected units. For hectares and kilograms, a yield entry means kg/ha; for square metres it means kg/m². Paths and headlands should already be excluded from capacity. Up to 100 nonblank allocation rows are supported. Row decimal text is evaluated before display rounding.
Example
With 100 m² available, enter Carrots | 20 | 3 and Beans | 30 | 2, using kilograms. The rows imply 60 kg each, for 120 kg total. They allocate 50 m², leaving 50 m² unallocated.
Frequently asked questions
Are the yield figures supplied by the calculator?
No. They are assumptions you enter from your records or a suitable local reference. This budget does not predict weather, crop performance, marketable grades or harvest losses.
Can two successive crops use the same bed?
Use a separate simultaneous-area budget for each period. This tool adds every row, even when crop names or bed areas repeat; it does not infer that two allocations occur at different times.
What does over capacity mean?
The sum of entered areas exceeds the available area. The excess is displayed explicitly instead of silently shrinking crops. Revise the allocations or capacity after checking your actual layout.
Does the planner choose compatible crops?
No. It budgets supplied areas and mass assumptions. Crop rotation, soil fertility, access paths, planting dates and the physical shape of beds need their own planning decisions.
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Last updated: 2026