Evaluating New Markets
*Each
resource within the
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also:
*Assessing Risks and Financing Requirements
This
section gives some tips and tools that can help assess understanding your
market and the associated risks and finances required. The section of Business
Planning has related discussion on risk and finance requirements.
http://cals.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/dmkt/AssessingRisks.pdf
*Business Plans are More Important Now than Ever
This article from the
http://cals.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/dmkt/BusinessPlans.pdf
*
This is
a guide produced by the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Division of Markets.
It provides general information to assist you in starting and maintaining a
business in
http://www.state.co.us/oed/business-resource-guide/index.cfm
*Colorado Department of Agriculture: Business
Development Tools
There are numerous publications on this page to
help with small business development. Resources include information on getting
started, developing marketing plans, and financing information.
*New Mexico Department of Agriculture: Marketing
and Economic Development
This department of the NMDA helps with marketing
resources as well as licenses necessary for small food business in Mew
http://nmdaweb.nmsu.edu/marketing-and-economic-development
*State of
The mission of the Division of Marketing and
Development is to raise the awareness of
http://ag.utah.gov/marketing/promotion.html
Agricultural Business Planning Templates and Resources
This resource list contains sources of business
planning templates and further resources for agricultural enterprises. These
resources include Internet and print resources as well as training courses and
workshops.
http://www.attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/agriculture_planning.html
Alternative Marketing and Business Practices
This is a resources guide that has been compiled by
the National Agricultural Library’s
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=2&tax_level=1&tax_subject=299
Evaluating a Rural
This publication is for people
who already live in rural areas and want to add new enterprises to their
operations. Its sections guide the reader in evaluating resources, assessing
finances, gathering information, and marketing. It also discusses choosing an
"alternative" enterprise and offers further resources.
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/evalrural.html
External Scanning- Industry Analysis
This is a resource of the
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/strategyandanalysis/indprofileoutline.htm
Market Research Workbook
This workbook is designed as a guide to finding the
information/data a firm needs in developing a marketing plan or program.
http://www.mobdn.net/docs/market_research_workbook.asp
Starting or Diversifying an Agricultural Business
An
existing farming operation considering diversification must carefully evaluate
how adopting a new enterprise will impact existing land, labor, capital, and
management resources. This guide will help walk you through the business
planning process.
http://agalternatives.aers.psu.edu/farmmanagement/startbusiness/StartingAgBusiness%20PM7.pdf
Starting an Ag-Business? A Pre-Planning Guide
This
book is intended to help agricultural business operators (and future business
operators) decide which enterprise is best for them to pursue with a full
fledged business plan.
http://agviability.cornell.edu/pdf/Pre-businessPlanWorkbook.pdf
Developing a New Co-Owned
Agricultural Business: How Do We Start a Value-Added Firm?
This is a guide that helps you
explore market potential through developing a business plan and conducting a
feasibility study.
http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/agecon/market/ec1137w.htm
Feasibility Analysis:
Agricultural
This guide helps explain what a
feasibility study is and when they are necessary. The guide also explains how
to use the results of a feasibility study for evaluating market potential.
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/startingbusiness/feasibilityanalysis.htm
Getting From Idea to
Implementation: A Checklist for Producers Starting A New Value-Added Agriculture Business
This resource guide helps walk
you through the various steps of planning a value-added business. The
information includes how to put a steering committee
together, how to choose the right value-added business idea and how to
implement a business plan.
http://www.mda.mo.gov/AgBusiness/resources/pdf/IdeatoImplementation.pdf
Idea Assessment
This article from the
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/startingbusiness/ideaassessment.htm
Starting a Small Business: The
Feasibility Analysis
Whether
you plan to expand an existing business, acquire an existing business or start
your own new business, this guide will show you how to perform a basic economic feasibility analysis: a
preliminary evaluation of your business idea to see if it’s worth pursuing.
http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt9510.pdf
Small Farm Funding Resources
Find tools to
develop a business plan, write a grant proposal, and locate funding.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/small_farm_funding.htm
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