Annual Fixed Costs for 15-Acre Leyland Cypress Pot-in-Pot Nursery,
with 10-Acre Production Area, Climate Zones 8 and 9, 2000
Item Description Depreciation Interest Insurance/Tax Total
Land Taxes     $225.00 $225.00
  interest, 9%   $4,050.00   $4,050.00
  maintainance   $3,860.76 $229.12 $4,089.88
Subtotal $7,910.76 $454.12 $8,364.88
 
Buildings
office 20x20ft $720.00 $792.00 $132.00 $1,644.00
Machinery storage 30x40ft $648.00 $712.80 $118.80 $1,479.60
Supply storage 30x40ft $1,080.00 $1,188.00 $198.00 $2,466.00
Concrete slab 30x55x.33ft $68.35 $75.19 $12.53 $156.07
Greenhouses
Propagation 30x96ft $1,116.00 $1,227.60 $204.60 $2,548.20
Containers and mulch
Socketpots 10gal $3,510.86 $2,896.46 $482.74 $6,890.06
Landscaping fabric polypropylene $1,016.40 $838.53 $139.76 $1,994.69
subtotal $8,159.61 $7,730.58 $1,288.43 $17,178.62
 
Machinery and equipment
Tractor with loader 60hp $2,313.00 $1,272.15 $212.02 $3,797.17
Tractor 35hp $1,080.00 $594.00 $99.00 $1,773.00
Sprayer, 10' boom 100 gal $78.30 $43.00 $7.17 $128.47
Farm Trailers 4 wheel $720.00 $396.00 $66.00 $1,182.00
Air blast sprayer 300 gal/pto $784.28 $301.95 $50.32 $1,136.55
Blade 3 point hitch $45.00 $24.75 $4.12 $73.87
Mist System low pressure $116.45 $32.02 $5.34 $153.81
Irrigation system pump, well $1,675.61 $2,949.08 $491.51 $5,116.20
Sprayer, small solo backpack $15.41 $4.23 $0.70 $20.34
Shearing machine self propelled $450.00 $247.50 $41.25 $738.75
Cyclone spreader hand operated $10.35 $2.27 $0.37 $12.99
Hand tools misc $181.17 $99.64 $16.60 $297.41
Fertilizer injector 200 gal $731.25 $402.18 $67.03 $1,200.46
Conveyer electric $227.70 $62.61 $10.43 $300.74
Truck 2 ton $2,700.00 $1,485.00 $247.50 $4,432.50
Rotary mower 5 ft $450.00 $123.75 $20.63 $594.38
Auger pto driven $450.00 $247.50 $41.25 $738.75
Pickup 1/2 ton $1,530.00 $841.50 $140.25 $2,511.75
subtotal $13,558.52 $9,129.13 $1,521.49 $24,209.14
 
Electricity $1,725.00
Telephone $1,380.00
General Maintainence $2,875.00
License and Bonds $287.50
Advertising $1,500.00
Insurance $13,403.25
Travel $1,500.00
Operator's Salary $27,646.00
Supervisor's Salary $22,116.80
Records-Secretary $16,587.60
Interest on 1/2 avg. overhead $5,078.40
Benefits $2,960.00
subtotal $97,059.55
TOTAL $146,812.19

Last Updated on 5/24/01