Budget For Year 2, for 15-Acre Crapemyrtle Pot-in-Pot Nursery
with 10-Acre Production Area, Climate Zones 8 and 9, 2000
Item Description Unit Cost/unit Number per
1000 plants
Dollars
Gross receipts $7.50 1000 $7,500.00
Variable Costs Year 2
Year 2, 10 gal
Containers 10 gal 0.05085 cu.yd. $3.21 1000 $3,210.00
Bark Pine Cu. Yd $15.00 66.4 $996.00
Sand Fill Ton $6.50 1.31 $8.52
Lime Dolomitic 50 lb $2.60 2.62 $6.81
Micronutrients Micromax 50 lb $49.50 2.1 $103.95
Osmocote 17-7-12 50 lb $48.80 2.53 $123.46
Fertilizers
Osmocote 17-7-12 50 lb $48.80 2.62 $127.86
Peters 20-10-20 25 lb $19.00 5.07 $96.33
Chemicals
Clearys 3336-F fungicide 2.5 gal $415.00 0.175 $72.63
Round-up Pro 25 herbicide 2.5 gal $143.00 0.175 $25.03
Snapshot 2.5 TG herbicide 50 lb $71.75 1.31 $93.99
Malathion insecticide pint $4.24 13.12 $55.63
Orthene insecticide lb $13.00 1.75 $22.75
Talstar G. insecticide 50 lb $44.00 6.65 $292.60
Spreader sticker   gal $26.00 0.35 $9.10
Overwintering
Plastic sq ft $0.02 2250 $45.00
Machinery and equipment
Tractor 60hp w/loader hr $9.04 57 $515.28
Tractor 30hp hr $5.51 15.7 $86.51
Sprayer air blast hr $19.37 3.15 $61.02
Farm wagon 4 wheel hr $0.18 3.93 $0.71
Blade 3 point hitch hr $3.25 0.87 $2.83
Irrigation system   hr $0.67 26.6 $17.82
Cyclone spreader hand hr $0.04 0.616 $0.02
Hand tools misc hr $0.12 23 $2.76
Conveyer electric hr $0.79 1.57 $1.24
Truck 2 ton hr $8.19 4.9 $40.13
Mower pto hr $1.67 3.93 $6.56
Truck pickup hr $3.27 7.52 $24.59
Additional Labor
Labor hr $7.50 133 $997.50
subtotal $7,046.62
Variable Cost Year 1 $775.45
Total Variable Cost Year 2 $7,822.06
 
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
 
Fixed Costs Year 2
Item Description Depreciation Interest Insurance/Tax Total
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 30hp $1,080.00 $594.00 $99.00 $1,773.00
Sprayer, 10' boom 100 gal $78.30 $43.07 $7.18 $128.55
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 $24.75 $5.34 $146.54
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
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 1.5 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   $13,108.52 $8,874.43 $1,480.25 $23,463.20
 
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 $146,066.25
 
Fixed Costs For Year 1 $181.17
Fixed Costs For 1000 10-Gallon Plants Year 2 $4,529.19
Total Fixed Costs Year 2 $4,710.35
 
Total Costs Year 2 $12,532.42
 
Profit Year 2 -$5,032.42

Last Updated on 5/10/01