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Agricultural project calculators for greenhouse and irrigation planning
Planning calculators translate project intent into numbers a manufacturer can quote: greenhouse sizing and lifecycle cost, crop water requirement, design flow, pump duty, fertigation dosing and indicative energy. They produce budget-level estimates for specification and comparison, not engineering design or guaranteed results.
What calculators and project tools help plan a greenhouse or irrigation project?
Planning calculators translate project intent into numbers a manufacturer can quote: greenhouse sizing and lifecycle cost, crop water requirement, design flow, pump duty, fertigation dosing and indicative energy. They produce budget-level estimates for specification and comparison, not engineering design or guaranteed results.
- Outputs are indicative planning figures and do not replace engineering design.
- Calculator results can be carried directly into the greenhouse and irrigation RFQs.
- Each tool states its inputs, formula basis and limitations.
- All tools are free and require no supplier contact.
Chained project baseline
The project overview runs one input set through a chained baseline — greenhouse envelope, water demand, design flow and zoning, filtration, fertigation dosing, pump duty and indicative energy — so the numbers stay internally consistent instead of being calculated in isolation.
Single-purpose tools
Use these when only one part of the project needs sizing or a sanity check.
- Greenhouse size planner — production area to bays, spans and gross footprint.
- Greenhouse lifecycle cost calculator — indicative CAPEX, OPEX and cost per usable m².
- Crop water requirement calculator — indicative peak daily and seasonal water demand.
- Pump sizing calculator — total dynamic head, hydraulic power and indicative motor kW.
- Fertigation calculator — injection rates and dosing channel duty.
- Solar ROI calculator — indicative kWp and generation against consumption.
What calculators cannot do
They cannot certify a structure, replace hydraulic design, produce a nutrition programme or predict yield. SeedMatchGroup does not manufacture, install, engineer or finance equipment, and guarantees no yield, saving, ROI or payback. Treat every output as a budget-level input to the requirement, to be confirmed by the designing supplier.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. They are open, require no supplier contact and can be used for planning without submitting an RFQ.
They are budget-level indications based on stated formulas and assumptions. Final figures come from a supplier's engineered design for the specific site.
Yes. The project overview and several calculators pass their figures into the greenhouse and irrigation RFQ forms as prefilled fields.