NC State Extension — Agricultural & Resource Economics
2026 — Staked tomato (NC)
10 acres · Nightshade (tomato, pepper, eggplant, potato)42,000 lb/ac × $0.46/lb = $19,320/ac (the budget's own yield and price assumption)
$17,134/ac of operating cost ÷ the price above = 37,248 lb/ac just to cover cash costs
Source: Vine Ripe Tomato Budget — 2025 — NC State Extension — Agricultural & Resource Economics, 2025
2027 — Sweetpotato (NC)
10 acres · Morning-glory family (sweetpotato)400 50-lb bushel/ac × $11.65/50-lb bushel = $4,660/ac (the budget's own yield and price assumption)
$2,746/ac of operating cost ÷ the price above = 236 50-lb bushel/ac just to cover cash costs
Source: Sweetpotato — 2025 — NC State Extension — Agricultural & Resource Economics, 2025
2028 — Cover crop / rest year
10 acresNo cash crop planned. A rest year carries seed and establishment cost with no sales.
Source: Your own cover-crop cost entry
Month-by-month cash flow
| Month | Costs | Revenue | Net | Running balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 | $15,400 | $0 | -$15,400 | -$15,400 |
| May 26 | $15,400 | $0 | -$15,400 | -$30,800 |
| Jun 26 | $15,400 | $0 | -$15,400 | -$46,201 |
| Jul 26 | $32,692 | $64,400 | $31,708 | -$14,493 |
| Aug 26 | $32,692 | $64,400 | $31,708 | $17,215 |
| Sep 26 | $42,535 | $64,400 | $21,865 | $39,079 |
| Mar 27 | $17,220 | $0 | -$17,220 | $21,859 |
| Jun 27 | $2,663 | $0 | -$2,663 | $19,196 |
| Jul 27 | $2,663 | $0 | -$2,663 | $16,533 |
| Aug 27 | $2,663 | $0 | -$2,663 | $13,870 |
| Sep 27 | $5,200 | $23,300 | $18,100 | $31,970 |
| Oct 27 | $5,919 | $23,300 | $17,381 | $49,352 |
| May 28 | $8,350 | $0 | -$8,350 | $41,002 |
| Sep 28 | $650 | $0 | -$650 | $40,352 |
Deepest point: Jun 2026.
Every figure is transcribed from a published land-grant enterprise budget for that state. These are planning budgets built from grower panels and dealer quotes, not surveys of what farms actually spent — your invoices override them everywhere they exist. 13 published budgets are loaded. Planting and harvest months are the standard Zone 7–9 windows the budgets are written around, not your farm's schedule. Run it on your own fields.