Compare the whole cost
Bring purchase price, running costs, and future value into the same comparison.
ACDS Decision Founding beta
A clearer answer for your next farm investment.
Compare equipment or land options, understand the costs and cash pressure, and see what could change the answer.
- Compare the options that matter to you
- Check the assumptions behind the answer
- Bring a clear decision file to your next meeting
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Try the interactive combine exampleChange acres, custom rates, or harvest time to see what happens.
Buy a combine or hire custom harvest?
Your changes work together. Reset restores the original example.
S7 900 has the lowest modeled cost.
5,000 acres / year · 40 working days · 10 years
Economic cost / acre · CAD, today’s dollars
- John Deere S7 900Lowest modeled cost$38.90 / acre31.8 days to harvestFits · 8.2 days spare
- John Deere X9 1100$44.23 / acre25.7 days to harvestFits · 14.3 days spare
- Custom harvest$45.72 / acre31.4 days to harvestFits · 8.6 days spare
Why this result?
At 5,000 acres, S7 900 costs $5.34 less per acre than X9 1100. All three options fit the starting harvest window.
Ownership costs include operating costs, resale, and the return required on capital. Loan payments are assessed separately in the full report.
The starting example uses 5,000 acres, 40 working days, and a $45.72/acre custom-harvest benchmark. Changes to all three assumptions are combined. Adjusting one keeps your other settings; Reset restores the starting example.
Machine prices, resale values, annual repair budgets, financing terms, and work rates stay fixed. Machine hours follow acreage. The custom crew’s harvesting time scales with acreage, plus a fixed two-day start delay. Days shown include machine downtime or the custom start delay, at 10 working hours per day.
Harvest timing is checked separately from cost. Losses from finishing late are not estimated. These demonstration figures do not assess your farm or change your saved work.
From question to decision
Know what you gain. Understand what it takes.
See the cash pressure
Keep long-term value separate from the cash and payments the farm needs to cover.
Take the reasoning with you
Review the assumptions, risks, and next steps in a decision file you can share with your advisor or lender.
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Build your farmFree personal farm workspace for land, equipment, and future plans.Review a client decisionOpen a shared file and review the evidence, assumptions, and conditions.Plan several investmentsCompare saved decisions and decide what the farm should fund first.
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013–5 min first screen
Equipment quote or replacement
Keep the current machine—or replace it?
Test whether lower repairs, better capacity, or retained value actually justify the capital.
- You leave with
- Leading option, annual advantage, capacity fit, and change conditions
02Guided or Full Review
Own, lease, rent, or custom hire
Which way of getting the work done creates the most value?
Put ownership and service alternatives on one workload, timing, and economic basis.
- You leave with
- Whole-life comparison, break-even workload, cash pressure, and timing risk
035 min land-only screen
Land purchase or offer
What price can the parcel and the farm actually support?
Separate appreciation and strategic ownership value from repayment, liquidity, and collateral limits.
- You leave with
- Acquisition buy box, supported price, cash limits, watchlist fit, and closing conditions
04Guided or Full Review
Buy, rent, or renew a lease
Does buying still lead when rent and appreciation are uncertain?
Compare the complete purchase with the actual rental parcel's workable acres, land quality, lease security, costs, and availability.
- You leave with
- Buy, Buy if, Negotiate, Rent, Secure lease, or Wait conclusion
Before you start
A few useful answers.
What is ACDS?
ACDS helps you compare equipment and farmland decisions using your own figures. It brings the costs, cash requirements, assumptions, and risks into a decision file you can review with your lender or advisor.
Is the result financial advice or an appraisal?
No. ACDS structures and challenges a decision; it does not replace an appraisal, approval, accounting opinion, or professional judgment. You remain responsible for verifying the inputs and deciding what to do.
Where is my farm information stored?
My Farm syncs to your ACDS account when you sign in. Detailed analyzer inputs and projects stay in the current browser. Download an editable backup before clearing browser data or moving an analysis to another device.
What does beta mean?
ACDS is still being tested and improved. Automated model checks pass, while some professional review and field testing remain incomplete. The public validation register shows what has been checked and what is still outstanding.
Can I review the decision with my lender or advisor?
Yes. You can print or save the report and share the assumptions, scenarios, input-quality summary, and conclusion. Reviewer names entered in a project are user-provided and are not authenticated by ACDS.