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USDA. Sustainable Agriculture Network; Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture.
Business planning guide focuses on how real farm families set goals, research processing alternatives, determine potential markets and evaluate financing options.
USDA. Rural Development; Iowa State University.
Addresses marketing and business planning for U.S. agricultural producers interested in value-added marketing.
University of Minnesota. Center for Farm Financial Management.
Farm Answers features a library of how-to resources and guidance, a directory of beginning farmer training programs, toolboxes to help you address your biggest challenges when starting a farm, and news, blog, podcasts and other sources of current information in agriculture.
Penn State College. Extension Service.
Identifies research to do and questions to ask before starting a new agricultural business.
Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Applied Economics and Management.
A step-by-step workbook to assist current and future agricultural business operators research and decide on the most suitable agricultural enterprise to pursue and then develop a detailed business plan.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education; and Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture.
This specialized guide or "Planner" is designed to "assist farmers, ranchers and food business owners (new or experienced, small- or large-scale) interested in exploring transition strategies prior to becoming certified organic." It addresses "organic certification requirements as they pertain to or affect business planning."