Enterprise Budgeting Tools

Worksheets and calculators are useful tools for making projections of future income and expenses for various value-added enterprises.

Below are a listing of Organic Crop Budgeting Tools you can use to project costs and returns for your business.

• Organic Corn
• Organic Soybeans
• Organic Oats
• Organic Alfalfa

Also listed are Vegetable Budgeting Tools you can use to project costs and returns for your business.

• Asparagus
• Basil
• Carrots
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Eggplant
• Specialty Green Beans
• Garlic
• Greens
• Heirloom Tomatoes
• Potatoes
• Red Raspberries
• Snow Peas
• Strawberries
• Sweet Potatoes

The Crop Conversion Calculator is another budgeting tool that lets you easily do a side-by-side comparison of conventional and organic management on your own farm, using your own numbers.

For more information on this topic, see the links listed below for additional calculators and worksheets posted on related Web sites.

Specialty Crop Budgets

• Crop Budgeting Tool – University of Illinois Extension.
• Interactive Greenhouse Crop Budget with Five Crops – Rutgers University.
• Crop Enterprise Costs and Returns Calculators – Ropin the Web, Alberta, Canada.
• Crop Calculators – Ropin the Web, Alberta, Canada.
• Ohio Enterprise Budgets – Ohio State University.

Specialty Livestock Budgets

• Dairy Goat Enterprise Budget – UW-Madison.
• Sheep Enterprise Budget – University of Kentucky.
• Horse Boarding Budgets – Ohio State University.
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets - Iowa State University.

Vegetable Budgets

• Vegetable Enterprise Budgets – Michigan State University.

Hyrdoponics Budgets

• Hydroponics Production Costs – Ohio State University.
• Aeroponic Tomato Production Cost and Profit Analysis – Biocontrols.com.
• Hydroponics Production – Hydroponics.net.

Wind Calculator

• Wind Farm Area Calculator – National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Composting Calculators

• Manure Composting Calculator – Ropin the Web, Alberta, Canada.
• Ohio Compost Operator Education Course – Ohio State University.

Manure Calculators

• Animal Waste Economic Analysis –USDA.
• Valuing Manure Calculator – University of Missouri.

Distillers Grains Budgets

• Distillers Dried Grains Cost Calculator for Swine – South Dakota State University.

Biomass Calculators

• Cost of Energy Calculator – University of California.

Specialty Food Calculators

• Specialty Food Enterprise Budget Worksheet – University of Wisconsin at Madison.

 

Revised January 2022.