At a sales price of NT $ 1 per seedling, the profit margin for a seedling farm would be about 10-20 %. That seems like a lot, but this is the result of Lin bringing his two daughters and two sons into the business. A lot of students who visit here leave shaking their heads and sighing in dismay at the extent to which agriculture is a high-investment, low-return industry.
若以一株育苗 1 元的賣價來估計，紫城育苗場的獲利率約在 10-20 %，看似豐碩，但卻是林應樹帶著兩女、兩子投入的結果，讓不少參訪學員感嘆，務農真是高投資、低報酬的行業。