Monday, June 12, 2017

Rice Farm Business, Farm Land Cost - Philippines



Rice Farm Business in the Philippines:
Analysis of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Data in 1998

TIME: 4 months cropping season
FARM SIZE:  3 hectares
HARVEST PER HECTARE:   4 tons or 4,000 kg/hectare
TOTAL HARVEST:  12,000 kg
ILIK (rice paddy) average cost:  $0.21/kg
GROSS ILIK VALUE:  $0.21/kg x 12,000 kg = $2520
PRODUCTION COST:  $359 per hectare
TOTAL PRODUCTION COST: $359/hectare x 3 = $1077
NET PROFIT PER SEASON:   $2520 - $1077 = $1443
NET PROFIT PER YEAR (assuming all-year-round, 3 cropping seasons per year):
NET PROFIT PER YEAR (ALL-YEAR-ROUND): $1443 x 3 = $4329
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER   1  HECTARE: $4329/3 = $1443
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/2 HECTARE: $1443/2 = $722
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/4 HECTARE: $1443/4 = $360




2017 EQUIVALENT (inflation adjusted):  $1 in 1998 = $1.50 in 2017      

ILIK (rice paddy) average cost:  $0.21/kg x 1.5 = $0.32/kg --- 16 pesos/kg ($1=50 Php)
ONE CAVAN or 50 kg RICE PADDY price:  16 x 50 = Php 800 pesos
GROSS ILIK VALUE:  $0.32/kg x 12,000 kg = $3800
PRODUCTION COST:  $359 per hectare x 1.5 = $540
TOTAL PRODUCTION COST: $540/hectare x 3 = $1600
NET PROFIT PER SEASON:   $3800 - $1600 = $2200
NET PROFIT PER YEAR (assuming all-year-round, 3 cropping seasons per year):
NET PROFIT PER YEAR (ALL-YEAR-ROUND): $2200 x 3 = $6600
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER   1  HECTARE: $6600/3 = $2200
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/2 HECTARE: $2200/2 = $1100
NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/4 HECTARE: $2200/4 = $550
Converting to Pesos: $1 USD = 50 pesos or PHP
PHP NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER   1  HECTARE: $2200 x 50 = Php 110,000
PHP NET PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/2 HECTARE: $1100 x 50 = Php 55,000
PHP PROFIT PER YEAR PER  1/4 HECTARE: $550 x 50 = Php 27,500
   
Price of 1 Cavan or 50 kg Rice: Php 2000 pesos to  Php 2400 pesos
Price of Rice per kilo (Feb 2017): Php 48 pesos
Price of Rice paddy per kilo: Php 16 pesos
Ratio of Rice paddy/Rice price: 16/48 = 1/3




Cost of Rice Farm Lands in the Philippines (June 2017):

1. Kalibo, Aklan - 4,256 sq.m. --- PHP 6.5 M
     Php 1500 pesos per square meter:  Php 15 million per hectare
     irrigated, harvest 3 times per year, 28 sacks of rice total harvest

2. Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur
    8,000 sq.m. --- PHP 7.2 M
    VERY CHEAP price of Php 900 per square meter (Php 9 million pesos per hectare)
    Rice land, 2 rice crops per year

3. Pila, Laguna           
    1 hectare --- PHP 3 Million  (Php 300/sq m) --- Php 3 million per hectare
    irrigated rice farm land located along the concrete barangay road
    80 cavan of rice harvests per cropping --- 80 cavan x 50 kg/cavan = 4,000 kg

4. San Fabian, Pangasinan
    Average price of rice farm land = Php 500 pesos/square meter
    1 hectare rice farm land --- Php 5 million per hectare
    1/2 hectare --- Php 2.5 million
    1/4 hectare --- Php 1.25 million




Rice Prices per Kilo as of Feb. 13, 2017







Types of Rice


Lowest Price
Highest Price



Php peso
Php peso





Regular Milled Rice


33
40
Well Milled Rice


40
48
Premium Rice


42
55
Fancy Rice


50
65