Modeling irrigation, trellising, and other capexes using crop templates.

If you want to calculate irrigation, fencing, trellising, or other capexes such that they scale with your farm, you can create a "crop" template for these items, then assign this template to sections that represent these items on the map.

In the case of irrigation:

First, you might create a separate crop template titled "Irrigation"
1. In your Crop Settings:
  1. Between row spacing might represent the spacing between piping. In-row spacing might represent the distance between emitters or sprinklers.
  2. In this example, Unit cost would represent the cost of emitters/sprinklers.
  3. Mortality = 0 (unless you plan to replace a % of your emitters!)
  4. Yield = 0
  5. 100% can be arbitrarily entered for % Target yield by year.
2. In your Operations tab:
  1. Here, you can add any costs associated with installing, maintaining, and running irrigation, including inputs & labor.
    Inputs (e.g. drip line) can be entered in your Materials & Fuel database, then attached to an operation to calculate the usage cost per row ft, acre, etc.

3. On the map, you can then assign this template to Line sections that represent irrigation and generate irrigation cost estimates within your projections dashboard.