These are fully editable spreadsheet budgets for 17 different specialty crops. The "large-scale" versions are calculated on a per-acre basis, while the "small-scale" versions are for smaller areas like 1/10th acre or 100 row-feet, depending on the crop.
Budgets
Interactive Spreadsheet Budgets
Large-Scale
Download the large scale budget
Large-scale versions are calculated on a per-acre basis.
Crops included:
- Beans, Green
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Okra
- Pepper, Bell
- Pepper, Jalapeño
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Squash, Summer
- Squash, Winter
- Sweet Corn
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
- Watermelon, Seeded
- Watermelon, Seedless
Small-Scale
Download the small scale budget
Large-scale versions are calculated on a per-acre basis.
Crops included:
- Beans, Green
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cantaloupe
- Cucumber
- Eggplant
- Okra
- Pepper, Bell
- Pepper, Jalapeño
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Squash, Summer
- Squash, Winter
- Sweet Corn
- Sweet Potato
- Tomato
- Watermelon, Seeded
- Watermelon, Seedless
Print Budgets
These are the same budgets as the interactive versions on this page, but available for print for those who prefer pen and paper. As with those, the "large-scale" versions are calculated on a per-acre basis, while the "small-scale" versions are for smaller areas like 1/10th acre or 100 row-feet, depending on the crop.
Large-Scale
Other Crop & System Budgets
Grapes
Kentucky Grape Costs and Returns: Budget Summaries and Assumptions, University of Kentucky (PDF)
Production Budgets for Kentucky:
- Vinifera Wine Grape Varieties
- French-American Hybrid and American Wine Grape Varieties
- Table Grape Varieties
Wine Grape Regional Marketing and Price Outlook (2011), University of Kentucky (PDF)
Winery and Vineyard Feasibility Workbooks, Iowa State University Extension
Other Fruit
Tree Fruit
Economic Considerations for Apple Production in Kentucky
Peach Cost and Return Estimate Spreadsheet
Interactive Peach Budget Spreadsheet (CCD-BG-13), University of Kentucky (.xlsx)
Print Peach Budget Spreadsheet (CCD-BG-13), University of Kentucky (.pdf)
Berries
2017 Kentucky Blackberry Cost and Return Estimates (ID-149), University of Kentucky
Blueberries
- Blueberry Cost and Return Estimates
- Highbush Blueberry Budget - Pick Your Own Marketing
- Highbush Blueberry Budget - Wholesale/Retail Marketing
Kentucky Matted Row Strawberry Profitability Estimated Costs and Returns
Vegetables
Other Budgets
Virtual Grower, USDA An energy cost calculator for greenhouse growers.
Ornamental Gourd Production in Kentucky, University of Kentucky (PDF)
Potential Profits from a Small-Scale Shiitake Enterprise, University of Kentucky (PDF)
Beginning Farmer Center and Leopold Center Enterprise Budgets, Iowa State University