Budget For Year 3, for 15-Acre Dogwood Above-Ground Container Nursery
with 10-Acre Production Area Climate Zones 8 and 9, 2000
Item Description Unit Cost/Unit Number Dollars
Gross Receipts $25.00 1000 $25,000.00
Year 3, 10 gallon
Containers 10 gal 0.05085 cu. Yd. $3.21 1000 $ 3,210.00
Bark pine Cu. Yd $15.00 50.85 $ 762.75
Sand fill Ton $6.50 0.88 $ 5.72
Lime Dolomitic 50lb $2.60 1.02 $ 2.65
Micronutrients Micromax 50lb $49.50 1.58 $ 78.21
Osmocote 17-7-12 50lb $48.50 6.13 $ 297.31
Fertilizer
Osmocote 17-7-12 50 lb $48.50 1.75 $ 84.88
Chemicals
Cleary's 336-f fungicide 2.5 gal $415.00 0.175 $ 72.63
Round-up Pro 25 herbicide 2.5 gal $143.00 0.18 $ 25.74
Snapshot 2.5 TG herbicide 50 lb $71.75 1.31 $ 93.99
Malathion insecticide pint $4.24 13.13 $ 55.67
Orthene insecticide lb $13.00 1.75 $ 22.75
Talstar G. insecticide 50 lb $44.00 5.07 $ 223.08
Spreader sticker   gal $26.00 0.35 $ 9.10
Overwintering
Plastic sq ft 0.02 $2,250.00 $ 45.00
Machinery and Equipment
Tractor 60hp w/loader hr $16.62 21 $ 349.02
Tractor 30hp hr $5.51 3.06 $ 16.86
Sprayer air blast hr $19.37 1.75 $ 33.90
Farm wagon 4 wheel hr $0.40 7 $ 2.80
Irrigation system   hr $0.30 26.6 $ 7.98
Cyclone spreader hand hr $0.04 0.61 $ 0.02
Hand tools misc hr $0.12 7 $ 0.84
Conveyer electric hr $0.79 1.58 $ 1.25
Truck 2 ton hr $8.19 4.81 $ 39.39
Mower pto hr $1.67 3.94 $ 6.58
Truck pickup hr $3.27 3.94 $ 12.88
Stakes 5/8x20, rebar each $3.51 142.84 $ 501.37
Additional Labor
Labor hr $7.50 133 $ 997.50
subtotal $ 6,959.87
Variable Costs Year 2 $ 1,167.54
Total Variable Costs $8,127.40
 
Fixed Costs Year 3
Item Description Depreciation Interest Insurance/Tax Total
Land Taxes     $225.00 $225.00
  interest, 9%   $4,050.00   $4,050.00
  improvements   $12,074.51   $12,074.51
Subtotal $16,124.51 $225.00 $16,349.51
 
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 $279.00 $306.90 $51.15 $637.05
subtotal $2,795.35 $3,074.89 $512.48 $6,382.72
 
Machinery and equipment
Tractor with loader 60hp $2,313.00 $1,272.15 $212.03 $3,797.18
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 $50.33 $1,136.56
Blade 3 point hitch $45.00 $24.75 $4.13 $73.88
Mist System low pressure $116.45 $32.02 $5.34 $153.81
Irrigation system pump, well $819.62 $1,442.52 $240.42 $2,502.56
Sprayer, small solo backpack $15.42 $4.24 $0.71 $20.37
Shearing Machine $450.00 $247.50 $41.25 $738.75
Cyclone seeder hand operated $10.35 $2.28 $0.38 $13.01
Hand tools misc $181.17 $99.64 $16.61 $297.42
Conveyer electric $227.70 $62.62 $10.44 $300.76
Truck 1/2 ton $1,530.00 $841.50 $140.25 $2,511.75
Rotary mower 5 ft $450.00 $123.75 $20.63 $594.38
Pickup 2 ton $2,700.00 $1,485.00 $247.50 $4,432.50
subtotal $11,521.29 $6,972.99 $1,162.20 $19,656.48
 
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 $139,448.26
 
Total Fixed Costs per 1000 10-gallon Plants $4,323.98
Total Fixed Cost for Year 2 $604.87
Total Fixed Cost For Year 3 $4,928.85
 
Total Cost Year 3 $13,056.25
 
Net Profit $11,943.75

Last Updated on 5/15/01