Greenhouse Crop Yield Calculator
Estimate annual harvest yields (lbs/kg) and gross commercial revenue ($) for tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, strawberries, and microgreens based on bench footprint.
Harvest & Revenue Projections: The Greenhouse Crop Yield Calculator
Accurate yield estimation is critical for drafting commercial farm business plans, securing agricultural loans, and scheduling wholesale crop deliveries to grocery distributors. Controlled environment agriculture yields significantly higher production per square foot than traditional open-field farming. The greenhouse crop yield calculator (searched as greenhouse harvest yield calculator, greenhouse crop revenue calculator, or greenhouse yield per square foot) applies industry harvest benchmarks to evaluate annual productivity.
Agronomic Yield Benchmarks per Square Foot
Harvest outputs vary based on lighting quality (DLI), climate automation, and crop selection:
- High-Wire Beefsteak & Cluster Tomatoes: 15.0 to 22.0 lbs per sq ft of canopy per year (~75 to 100 kg/m²). High-tech glasshouses utilizing supplemental LED lighting reach up to 25 lbs/sq ft/yr.
- Hydroponic English Cucumbers: 20.0 to 25.0 lbs per sq ft per year across 2 to 3 annual crop rotations.
- NFT Head Lettuce & Leaf Greens: 10 to 14 heads per sq ft per year across 8 to 10 staggered crop cycles.
- Tabletop Hydroponic Strawberries: 5.0 to 8.0 lbs per sq ft per year.
- Vertical Rack Microgreens: 30.0 to 40.0 lbs per sq ft per year using multi-tier vertical LED racks.
Financial Revenue Modeling Equations
Gross annual revenue is calculated by multiplying total annual harvest yield by local market wholesale or direct-to-consumer farm gate prices:
Annual Harvest Yield = Growing Bench Footprint (sq ft) × Annual Yield Benchmark
Gross Revenue ($) = Annual Harvest Yield × Market Price per Unit ($/lb or $/head)