Crop Yield per Hectare
Average weight of crop harvested per hectare of cultivated land in a season
What is Crop Yield per Hectare?
Crop yield per hectare is the amount of a crop harvested from each hectare of land. It shows how productive farmland is.
Yield is the basic measure of farming productivity and drives income, so improving it while protecting the land is a central aim.
How this KPI is measured
- Function
- Operations & Supply Chain
- Sub-function
- Yield & Efficiency
- Industry
- Agriculture & Food
- Type
- Lagging
- Impact
- Operational
- Unit
- Tonnes per hectare
- Measurement frequency
- Per season / Annual
- Formula
- Total crop yield (tonnes) / Total cultivated area (hectares)
How to calculate it
Divide total crop yield in tonnes by the total cultivated area in hectares.
For example, if a farm harvested 800 tonnes from 100 hectares, the yield is 8 tonnes per hectare.
Compare by crop and field, and with your own history, since weather and soil affect yield greatly.
Where it is used
Assessing productivity
Track output.
Comparing fields and practices
Find best methods.
Planning inputs and income
Forecast.
How to improve it
Tips and common mistakes
- Weather causes large year-to-year variation.
- Look at profit per hectare, not just yield.
- Protect soil health for the long term.
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