There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. Divide your total growing square footage by 43,560 to calculate your growing acres.
Square Footage to Acreage Conversion Examples
Square Feet | Acres |
10,890 | 0.25 |
21,780 | 0.50 |
32,670 | 0.75 |
43,560 | 1.00 |
Total reported acres will be rounded to the nearest acre. If you grow on less than half of an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres and your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee with no additional acreage fee.
Total reported acres will be rounded to the nearest acre. If you grow on less than half of an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres and your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee with no additional acreage fee.
If you only sold finished nursery stock, you would owe a base certificate fee per sales location and an additional fee based on how much you spent purchasing finished stock for 2024. Finished nursery stock includes stock that was purchased with intent to sell as is.
For example, if you are a landscaper or garden center with one sales location and you spent $15,000 buying nursery stock to sell in 2024, your 2025 renewal fee would include:
- The $50 base certificate fee.
- The $100 nursery stock purchases fee (based on the table above).
Your total fee for 2025 would be $150.
If your business grew all the nursery stock it sold, you would pay a base certificate fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee of $100 plus a fee of $10 for each acre in production up to 200 acres. Growing nursery stock involves purchasing seed or small plants and producing nursery stock in pots or in the ground by actively increasing their size or quantity.
For example, if you were a 20-acre tree farm that grew what you sold, your 2025 renewal fee would include:
- The $50 base certificate fee.
- The $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee.
- The $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your 20 acres, adding up to $200.
Your total fee for 2025 would be $350.
If you grew nursery stock, purchased, and resold finished nursery stock, you would owe a base certificate fee, a nursery stock purchase fee, a nursery stock grower inspection fee, and a fee per acre you grew on up to 200 acres.
For example, if you bought $5,000 of finished nursery stock from others to resell, and owned two acres of greenhouse space where you also grew nursery stock you sold, your 2025 renewal fee would include:
- The $50 base certificate fee.
- The $50 nursery stock purchases fee (based on the table above).
- The $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee.
- The $10 per acre growing fee. In this case you would pay $10 for each of your two acres, adding up to $20.
Your total renewal fee for 2025 would be $220.
You can track your gross nursery stock purchases by tallying your annual nursery stock purchase receipts. You can also ask your suppliers for an invoice of all your nursery stock purchases each fall.
Each of your retail locations will be assigned a unique certificate number and each store will have its own renewal form and fee.
Gross annual sales equal the total revenue generated from product sold in a calendar year. Gross annual purchases equal the total dollar amount spent in a calendar year buying finished nursery stock for re-sale.
No, you will no longer report gross annual sales.
There are 43,560 square feet in an acre. Divide your total growing square footage by 43,560 to calculate your growing acres.
Square Footage to Acreage Conversion Examples
Square Feet | Acres |
10,890 | 0.25 |
21,780 | 0.50 |
32,670 | 0.75 |
43,560 | 1.00 |
Total reported acres will be rounded to the nearest acre. If you grow on less than half of an acre, it will be rounded down to zero acres and your fee will include the $50 base certificate fee and the $100 nursery stock grower inspection fee with no additional acreage fee.