Nursery Economics

==Ag Econ 101==
This page shows the step-by-step math of how profitable growing Takistan Sun product can be.
Calculator available at https://www.ghostsoftabor.org/nrs-calculator
Welcome students. Get your paper and pencil ready because today we're looking at the profitability of farming in post-war Tabor.
Numbers may be different than in-game values by a few TK due to rounding.
Table A: Prices 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Item 	Base Price	Trader 1 (100%)	Trader 2 (98%)	Trader 3 (95%)	Trader 4 (90%)	Trader 5 (80%)	Sell Price	Quantity in Container
Gas Can 	4985 	4985 	4885.3 	4735.75 	4486.5 	3988 	1994 	
Water Filter 	3735 	3735 	3660.3 	3548.25 	3361.5 	2988 	1494 	500
Seeds + Bag 	7552 	7552 	7400.96 	7174.4 	6796.8 	6041.6 	 	10
Bag 	132 	 	 	 	 	 	52 	
NRS 	4725 	4725 	4630.5 	4488.75 	4252.5 	3780 	1890 	
Takistan Product	 	 	 	 	 	 	4800 	
To get base rate, divide your purchase price by your discount rate e.g. trader 2 is 0.98.
Table B: Gas Efficiency
Utility Level	Hours per Gas Can
1 	12
2 	18
3 	24
Table C: Water Efficiency
Utility Level	Plant-Hours	Water Per Hour
1 	624 	1.602564103
2 	832 	1.201923077
3 	936 	1.068376068
Calculation 1 Water Cost
Water filter price and sell come from Table A. Subtract to get water cost ignoring container. Divide by 500 water units to get per unit cost.
 	Trader 1	Trader 2	Trader 3	Trader 4	Trader 5
Water Filter Price 	3735 	3660.3 	3548.25 	3361.5 	2988
Water Filter Sell 	1494 	1494 	1494 	1494 	1494
Water Cost (per 500)	2241 	2166.3 	2054.25 	1867.5 	1494
Water Cost per Unit 	4.482 	4.3326 	4.1085 	3.735 	2.988
Calculation 2 Gas Cost
Pull price and sell from Table A. Use Table B to figure out cost per 72 hours (one grow cycle). Gas costs are independent of the number of plants grown.
 	Trader 1	Trader 2	Trader 3	Trader 4	Trader 5
Gas Can Price 	4985 	4885.3 	4735.75 	4486.5 	3988
Gas Can Sell 	1494 	1494 	1494 	1494 	1494
Gas Cost 	3491 	3391.3 	3241.75 	2992.5 	2494
Utility 1 - Gas for 72 Hours (6 cans)	20946 	20347.8 	19450.5 	17955 	14964
Utility 2 - Gas for 72 Hours (4 cans)	13964 	13565.2 	12967 	11970 	9976
Utility 3 - Gas for 72 Hours (3 cans)	10473 	10173.9 	9725.25 	8977.5 	7482
Calculation 3 Seed Cost
The cost of the bag is spread across the seeds. If you are only doing one planting, you should consider leftover water and seed in your calculations.
 	Trader 1	Trader 2	Trader 3	Trader 4	Trader 5
Seed Purchase 	7552 	7400 	7174 	6796 	6041
Bag Sell 	52 	52 	52 	52 	52
Seeds Cost 	7500 	7348 	7122 	6744 	5989
Seed Cost per Seed	750 	734.8 	712.2 	674.4 	598.9
Calculation 4 Water Cost per Flower
Here we look at how much water is used to grow a plant from seed to flower. We use Table C.
 	Utility 1	Utility 2	Utility 3
Hours to Harvest 	72 	72 	72
Water per Hour 	1.6026 	1.2019 	1.0684
Water per Flower 	115.3846 	86.5385 	76.9231
Water Unit Cost Trader 1 	4.4820 	4.4820 	4.4820
Water Unit Cost Trader 2 	4.3326 	4.3326 	4.3326
Water Unit Cost Trader 3 	4.1085 	4.1085 	4.1085
Water Unit Cost Trader 4 	3.7350 	3.7350 	3.7350
Water Unit Cost Trader 5 	2.9880 	2.9880 	2.9880
Total Water Cost Trader 1	517.1538 	387.8654 	344.7692
Total Water Cost Trader 2	499.9154 	374.9365 	333.2769
Total Water Cost Trader 3	474.0577 	355.5433 	316.0385
Total Water Cost Trader 4	430.9615 	323.2212 	287.3077
Total Water Cost Trader 5	344.7692 	258.5769 	229.8462
Calculation 5 Gross Income
 	Med Utility 1	Med Utility 2	Med Utility 3
NRS per Product 	2 	3 	4
NRS Sell Price 	1890 	1890 	1890
NRS Income 	3780 	5670 	7560
Product Sell Price	4800 	4800 	4800
Time for Profit
We are almost there! Now you just need to grab the numbers above for your situation and put them into the equation.
Calculation 6 Per Plant Profit
Item 	Operation
Income from Calculation 5 	Add
Water cost from Calculation 4	Subtract
Seed cost from Calculation 3 	Subtract
Per Flower Profit 	Result
Calculation 7 Harvest Profit
Multiply by the number of plants you are growing and subtract your gas costs from Calculation 2.
Item 	Operation
Plants 	How many you are planting.
Per Plant Profit 	Multiply with above
Sub Total 	Result
Subtract Gas Costs	Subtract
Harvest Total 	Result
Example 1
Max Operation (Trader 5, Utility 3, 39 Plants)	
Per Plant 	7560 - 229.8 - 598.90 = 6731
Harvest 	39 * 6731 - 7482 = 255027
Profit 	255027
Example 2
Starting Off (Trader 1, Utility 1, 13 Plants)	
Per Plant 	4800 - 517.15 - 750 = 3532.85
Harvest 	13 * 3532.85 - 20946 = 25020
Profit 	25020