Greenhouse investment assessment

Before you spend money on farm technology, check whether it pays for itself on your farm. Enter your own costs and savings — BAU doesn't sell equipment, takes no vendor money and never tells you to buy. Leave a box blank if you don't know it; type 0 if it truly is zero.

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Greenhouse investment assessment

Assessment state

Assessment crop

House / investment scope

Equipment purchase, installation and resale replace the corresponding ROI inputs. A shared useful life transfers only when all items match; different lives require separate scenarios. Annual ownership allocation: Not measured. This noncash allocation is never added to operating costs.

Additional annual equipment operating costs · USD/year

electricity ($/year)

heating ($/year)

maintenance ($/year)

Other recurring costs ($/year)

Additional annual operating total: Unknown

Additional costs for this investment—not the whole crop budget. Include cooling electricity only once. Leave unconfirmed costs blank. These totals replace annual operating cost; do not also enter them as negative utility savings. Bundled university categories are not split or imported.

Link private pilot actuals

No pilot actuals linked.

Technology type

What you're considering (optional)

1. What it costs upfront

Purchase price ($)

Shipping / freight ($)

Installation & setup ($)

Training ($)

Confirmed grants or incentives ($)

Equipment purchase, installation, annual operating cost, useful life and resale come from the greenhouse assessment above.

2. What it costs each year

Annual operating cost (licenses, maintenance) ($/yr)

Equipment purchase, installation, annual operating cost, useful life and resale come from the greenhouse assessment above.

3. What it saves or adds each year

Paid labor hours eliminated (hrs/yr)

Wage per paid hour ($/hr)

Input & utility savings ($/yr)

Added contribution margin (after harvest, packing, delivery) ($/yr)

Avoided costs or losses ($/yr)

Count only paid hours you will actually stop paying for. Your own time saved is a real benefit, but it isn't cash — leave it out here. Extra sales go in as margin after harvest, packing and delivery costs.

4. How long it lasts

Useful life (years)

Discount rate (%)

Residual value at end of life ($)

Equipment purchase, installation, annual operating cost, useful life and resale come from the greenhouse assessment above.

5. Loan repayments

No loan

Fixed-rate monthly repayments start one month after purchase. Fees are paid upfront. No deferred payments or balloon; any debt remaining when useful life ends is settled then. Tax effects are not included.

6. What if it works worse — or better?

Conservative yearly benefit ($/yr)

Optimistic yearly benefit ($/yr)

Think about weather, yield, how well the technology really works, and labor and input prices.