Plantation Cost Calculator

Work out plantation cost instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Plantation Cost Calculator

Plantation cost is seedlings plus pitting and planting, uplifted 5% for casualty replacement, plus establishment maintenance at roughly 25 currency units per plant per year for weeding, watering, staking and plant protection until the crop is self-supporting.

Formula

Plantation cost

Establishment = seedlings x (seedling cost + planting cost); total = establishment x 1.05 + seedlings x annual maintenance x years

Worked example

With the default values below, Plantation Cost Calculator returns Total Plantation Cost of $203,775.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Seedlings Requiredminimum 1: 1,100
Cost Per Seedlingminimum 0: 45
Pitting And Planting Costminimum 0 per plant: 60 per plant
Years Of Establishment Maintenanceaccepts 0–10: 3

Results

Total Plantation Cost: $203,775.00
Establishment Cost: $115,500.00
Maintenance Cost: $82,500.00
Full Cost Per Plant: $185.25

Step by step

1Values used
2Plantation cost
3Total Plantation Cost= 203,775.00
4Establishment Cost= 115,500.00
5Maintenance Cost= 82,500.00
6Full Cost Per Plant= 185.25

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why the 5% uplift?

Some plants always die in the first season and must be replaced to keep the stand uniform. Gaps left unfilled cost yield for the whole life of the plantation.

When does a plantation start paying back?

Depends entirely on species — papaya and banana within a year, mango and citrus in 4-6 years, timber species in 8-20. Plan working capital for the full pre-bearing period.