Cost of Production

Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Develpment Commercial Greenhouse Vegetable Production - Section on Economic and Financial Basis. (.pdf download)

Estes, E.A. and M. Peet. 1999. The Bottom Line in Greenhouse Tomato Production. ARE Report No. 18-September, 1999. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/e/eaestes/are18.pdf

Mississippi State Budget for Greenhouse Tomatoes. (.pdf download)

The Ohio State University. Ohio State Interactive Lettuce and Tomato Budgets and Lettuce Price Chart. www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/hydroponics/Economics/economics.htm

Texas A&M University. Greenhouse Vegetable Produtction Economic Considerations, Marketing and Financing. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/greenhouse/hydroponics/economics.html

University of Tennessee. Horticultural Business Information Network. Links to Budgets and Articles. www.utextension.utk.edu/hbin/HBIN-Greenhouse.htm

Virginia Tech. Update on Production Costs/Expected Returns Budget for Greenhouse. http://www.ext.vt.edu/news/periodicals/commhort/1995-05/commhort-30.html

 

Greenhouse Equipment and Supplies

An extensive list of suppliers is available in the online version of HIL 32-A at the link to Greenhouse Equipment andSuppliers, http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-32-a.html. See also hydroponics links and biological control links for beneficial insect suppliers.

Crop King, Inc. Complete line of greenhouse products, including training sessions; catalog also available for hobbyists http://www.cropking.com

The Greenhouse Industry Trade Show On-line lists many suppliers and also has classified ads and discussion groups. http://www.greenhouse-bbs.com

Grodan Products sells rockwool growing slabs. The site has good information and nice graphical demonstrations of how to propagate using their material http://www.grodan.com

Hydro-Gardens: Complete line of greenhouse products, including training sessions; catalog also available for hobbyists, a few newsletter issues online. http://www.hydro-gardens.com

Homegrown Hydroponics lists selected suppliers in Canada and also has a description of many types of greenhouse equipment http://www.hydroponics.com

North Florida Research and Extension Center-Suwannee Valley also has a useful list of greenhouse suppliers: http://nfrec-sv.ifas.ufl.edu/gh_suppliers.htm

Q-Com offers greenhouse automation prodcuts-computer controllers for environmental and irrigation management http://www.qcom-controls.com

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