Break-Even Yield

The yield necessary to cover costs and prevent a firm from operating at a loss. The breakeven yield may be relatively stable or it may fluctuate, depending on the company or industry. Companies with high breakeven yields tend to have large fluctuations in earnings from year to year. Calculating the breakeven yield is an important part of risk analysis.

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For example, a farmer can evaluate which crops to plant for maximum profit and how changes in crop prices would influence income, cash flow, and break-even yields.

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Finally, we aggregated for each state the acreage on which potential yields exceeded break-even yields for at least one crop.