It may seem to make sense to start with a cultivation and operating plan and then figure out the costs, but it’s a far better practice to start with your capital expenditures and operating expenses. Then, based on how many grams per square foot you’ll have to produce and for what basic costs, you can determine which cultivation methods are applicable and how to build your operations.

To help select an overarching cultivation methodology that fits the overall economic feasibility of your project, the team at Agrify provides key metrics for vertical farming and traditional farming in this month’s special report.

In today’s highly competitive market, with prices for wholesale flower well below early-market peaks, cultivation methodology needs to yield precise results. Everything needs to be optimized: Facilities need to achieve higher production rates while maintaining lower overall operational costs than your competitors. What approach delivers this outcome? Based on the numbers: vertical farming.