lostcowboy
05-19-2003, 05:36 AM
Has anyone been able to make a breakeven chart or spreadsheet for beekeeping? Yes I did a search on spreadsheets. I found http://www.beesource.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000054.html and http://www.beesource.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000307.html
But they have nothing to do with breakeven charts.
Breakeven charts are normally easy to make, but being a newbie that is just thinking as to whether I want to get into the beekeeping business or not, there is a lot that I don't know. Like a list of beekeeping equipment and how long they last. And a list of honey processing equipment and how long they last. And a list of equipment to process beeswax and how long they last. And the same with anything else you could sell.
Then we have the costs of selling, do we sell bulk, or direct to the public. Once we get a list and the cost, we need to split them between fixed costs and variable costs. We then compare that to sales, to come up with a breakeven chart.
But they have nothing to do with breakeven charts.
Breakeven charts are normally easy to make, but being a newbie that is just thinking as to whether I want to get into the beekeeping business or not, there is a lot that I don't know. Like a list of beekeeping equipment and how long they last. And a list of honey processing equipment and how long they last. And a list of equipment to process beeswax and how long they last. And the same with anything else you could sell.
Then we have the costs of selling, do we sell bulk, or direct to the public. Once we get a list and the cost, we need to split them between fixed costs and variable costs. We then compare that to sales, to come up with a breakeven chart.