Writing a Business Plan for a Farm-Related Business
Templates and Guides:
Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses is a comprehensive workbook that will help you develop a business plan. It includes a sample business plan and numerous worksheets. Available from the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
www.misa.umn.edu/vd/bizplan.html
Business Plan templates for Microsoft Word:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101172331033.aspx?av=ZWD000
Articles and Other Resources:
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC) website on Business Plans:
www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/startingbusiness/businessplans.htm
National Sustainable Agriculture Information List
Agricultural Business Planning Templates and Resources: Business and Marketing Resource List
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/agriculture_planning.html
Personal Assistance:
ISU Extension Farm Management Specialists
www.extension.iastate.edu/ag/fsfm/fsfarmmg.html
MU Extension Agricultural Business Specialists
(choose the “Agriculture” link on the sidebar to view Specialists by region)
http://extension.missouri.edu/uoedir/
Service Corps Of Retired Executives (SCORE)
www.score.org/
Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
www.sba.gov/sbdc/
Center for Financial Management
www.cffm.umn.edu/Publications/BusinessPlanning/index.aspx
University of MN Business Plan Software
www.cffm.umn.edu/Software/BusinessPlan/index.aspx
Findlaw for small businesses
www.smallbusiness.findlaw.com/starting-business/starting-business-plan.html
Entrepreneur.com
www.entrepreneur.com/businessplan/index.html
CCH Toolkit planning tool
www.toolkit.cch.com/text/P02_0001.asp
Resources
- Ag Decision Maker
- Drafting an Operating Agreement
- Sample Articles of Organization [PDF]
- Sample Operating Agreement [PDF]
- Writing a Business Plan for
a Farm-Related Business - Planning for Exit and Succession and Transferring Farm Assets
- Legal Organization Resources
- Machinery Sharing Arrangements and USDA Commodity Payment Eligibility
- Farm Payment Eligibility Resources
- Tax Consideration