What will it cost to grow the crop, hire the crew or buy the machine? Compare crop profit per acre, farm labor costs and equipment payback before spending. All calculators are free without an account, with editable assumptions and source notes where published defaults are used.
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Does this greenhouse investment pay back?
Equipment, annual operating costs, loan repayments and ROI scenarios beside private pilot actuals.
Source basis: Your estimates and owner-verified pilot records; projections stay separate from observed changes.
Open calculatorWill this farm technology pay for itself?
Check payback, yearly ROI and NPV for sensors, smart irrigation, drones or software, with conservative and optimistic cases.
Source basis: Your own costs and savings; no vendor pricing or sponsored results.
Open calculatorHow do my greenhouse costs compare?
Separate purchase costs from annual ownership, then compare operating estimates with the same-state university crop budget.
Source basis: Your own costs; existing university planning ranges, with honest gaps for equipment purchase prices.
Open calculatorWhich growing method leaves more profit?
Compare drip, flood and furrow irrigation with organic or synthetic inputs side by side: costs, marketable yield, revenue and profit.
Source basis: Your own per-acre estimates; no assumed yield increases or organic price premiums.
Open calculatorWhat does an acre of this crop really cost?
See seed, fertilizer, crop protection, labor, equipment and land costs line by line, then enter your own.
Source basis: Published university budgets for NC, GA, FL, KY, PA, NY, OH and DE, each linked to its source.
Open calculatorWhat price per pound do I need to break even?
Pick your state and crop to see the lowest price per pound that covers today's costs, then try your own yield.
Source basis: Your state's university budgets, the USDA prices-paid index and USDA farm wage rates.
Open calculatorWhat will this crop cost me this year?
Pick your state and crop to see a realistic cost-per-acre range, using every university budget your state has for it, brought up to today's input prices.
Source basis: Your state's university budgets and the USDA prices-paid index.
Open calculatorWhat does an acre actually keep?
Puts a university budget's cost per acre against your state's real USDA vegetable sales per acre, and shows the profit between them.
Source basis: University budgets for NC, GA, FL, KY, PA, NY, OH, DE, MI, MO, CO and NJ; USDA NASS and Census of Agriculture sales figures.
Open calculatorWhich crop earns its acres?
Compare revenue, itemized costs, profit per acre, breakeven price, and breakeven yield.
Source basis: NC, Georgia, and Florida extension enterprise budgets; your numbers remain editable.
Open calculatorWill this machine pay for itself?
See annual savings, payback period, 10-year value, and the acres needed to break even.
Source basis: Every prefilled equipment value includes its own published citation.
Open calculatorHow much crew will the season require?
Estimate labor hours, peak-week headcount, seasonal payroll, and labor cost per acre.
Source basis: USDA Farm Labor Survey wages and university extension labor coefficients.
Open calculatorWhat is the full cost of an H-2A worker?
Add wages, housing, transport, recruitment, fees, and compare the total with domestic labor.
Source basis: Current federal program requirements and published wage inputs, with assumptions visible.
Open calculatorIs this land improvement worth it?
Model cost per acre, annual return, breakeven time, and 10-year return for an improvement.
Source basis: Editable soil, drainage, irrigation, access, and diversification starting points.
Open calculatorWhere are my input costs out of line?
Compare seed, fertilizer, crop protection, and fuel spending per acre with benchmark costs.
Source basis: USDA Economic Research Service farm production expense benchmarks.
Open calculatorWhat is my profit margin on this crop?
Enter your own costs, labor and acres — no published figures. See total cost, profit and profit margin per acre.
Source basis: Your own numbers; nothing saved or sent anywhere.
Open calculatorUse these estimates together in BAU’s open farm plan portal.
Every published figure links to its source — see the full list of university budgets.
