Aquaponics Production Data PDF
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Aquaponics Production Data: or ? D. Allen Pattillo Aquaculture Extension Specialist Iowa State University Can I Profit From Aquaponics? Depends on: • Facility Costs • System Costs • Operational Costs • Revenue Streams Start-up Costs Fixed Costs Variable Costs – Start-up Costs – Operational Costs • Aquaponics System • Feed • Building/Greenhouse • Fingerlings • Land • Disposables • Lagoon • Water tests • Well • Equipment • Utilities – Recurring Costs • Labor • Taxes & Interest • Insurance Facility Costs • Outside • Warehouse • Greenhouse • High Tunnel – Gov’t opportunities for partial funding Biofilter Hydroponic System Cost Unit • Media bed Fish Tanks Solids Filter • Trickling • Deep water • Fiberglass • Drum filter biofilter • Media Beds • HDPE • Clarifier • Fluidized bed • Nutrient Film • Rubber Lined • Swirl Separator • Combination Technique • Stock Tank • Sand filter media (NFT) filter/biofilter • Round • Filter pads • Vertical towers • None vs.Square • Other • Aeroponic • Other • Other • Other Operational Costs • Labor • Freight/Shipping • Utilities • Seeds • Fingerlings • Germinating materials • Feed • Nutrient supplements • Water Tests • Miscellaneous Production Potentials • 0.3 – 1 lb of fish per gallon of tank space • 2-5 plants per square foot of growing area • Each fish can support ~ 15 plants • Co-Product Generation – Worms & worm castings – Compost – Crayfish & other polyculture critters – Biofuels & Electricity Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) a) Capital and operational expenditures b) Potential revenues c) Break-even points http://suntrace.de/typo3temp/pics/fb74fc6358.jpg T.E.A. of Aquaponics Water Electricity Natural Gas Capital Costs Labor (amortized) Other Operational Costs System boundary and flowchart
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