Agricultural Entrepreneurship and Business Planning
Farm Business Planning Resources
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas – ATTRA has many useful publications available online for the small farmer
www.attra.org
Building a Sustainable Business : A guide to developing a business plan for farms and rural businesses, Minnesota Institute
for Sustainable Agriculture and SARE, along with many other publications, can be downloaded or ordered at
www.sare.org
Business plan examples and general business planning information
http://sbdcnet.utsa.edu/SBIC/bplans.htm
Business plan examples, many available online
http://www.bplans.com/sp/marketingplans.cfm#
Handbook of regulations for Direct Farm Marketing (“The Greenbook")
http://agr.wa.gov/Marketing/SmallFarm/directmarketinghandbook.aspx
Legal Guide for Direct Farm Marketing. By Neil Hamilton of Drake University Law Center.
http://www.statefoodpolicy.org/legal_guide.htm
Marketing Strategies for Farmers and Ranchers, Powerpoint Presentation
http://www.sare.org/publications/marketingcd.htm
Risk Management Agency Crop Insurance Options
http://www.rma.usda.gov/
Small Business Administration
http://www.sba.gov/writing-business-plan
Stockman Grass Farmer, the grazing publication of North America.
http://stockmangrassfarmer.net/
Taking the First Step: Farm and Ranch Alternative Enterprise and Agritourism Resource Evaluation Guide. So. Maryland
RC&D
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/RESS/altenterprise/FirstSteps.pdf
Teaching Direct Marketing and Small Farm Viability, Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, UCSC, can be
downloaded or ordered
http://zzyx.ucsc.edu/casfs/instruction/tdm/index.html
Using Enterprise Budgets to Make Decisions About Your Farm
http://classes.ses.wsu.edu/EconS450/Spring2011/docs/Using%20Enterprise%20Budgets%20to%20Make%20Decisions%20a
bout%20Your%20Farm.pdf
Vineyard Business Plan Workbook, Southern Illinois University
http://www.siu.edu/%7Ereadi/viticulture/vineyardbusplan.pdf
Washington State Department of Agriculture – Great marketing and business planning resources
http://agr.wa.gov/Marketing/Toolbox/index.htm
Washington State Licensing Requirements and Information
http://www.dol.wa.gov/businesses.htm
Writing a Business Plan: An example from a small premium winery
http://aem.cornell.edu/outreach/extensionpdf/eb0207.pdf
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