UF/IFAS is helping growers to develop their skills to accurately estimate production cost and profit for their greenhouse or nursery businesses with a new online course.
Costing & Profitability is part of the award-winning Greenhouse Training Online program. Lead instructors are the highly respected economist Dr. Charlie Hall from Texas A&M University and horticulture scientist Dr. Paul Fisher from University of Florida IFAS Extension. Rated 4.5 out of 5 by grower participants. This course is not offered every year, so interested applicants should apply now.
Costing & Profitability is designed for experienced, well-trained growers, or people with upper university education. Topics covered include crop enterprise budgets, income statements, allocation of overhead, seasonality, space use, shrinkage, labor cost, and much more.
The course is offered in English and Spanish and runs from August 11 to September 5, 2025. The cost is $US550 per participant. All course material is completely online and available at any time of the day, and includes pre-recorded videos, an interactive discussion board with PhD professors, and quizzes. Two new modules are activated each week during the course, for a total of 8 learning modules. Instruction is at your own pace and time within the 4 weeks of the course, with a typical time commitment of about 6 hours per week.
If you would like to register, you can do so at the link here.
For more information:
UF/IFAS
mailto:[email protected]
www.ifas.ufl.edu
