Recordkeeping &
Budgeting
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resource within the
See
also:
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*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
*Sources of Small Business Assistance
This is a resource list for the state of
http://cals.arizona.edu/arec/pubs/dmkt/SourcesSBus.pdf
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This is
a guide produced by the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Division of
Markets. The record keeping needs of your business must be analyzed to
determine the best bookkeeping system. This guide helps you figure out the best
system for your business.
http://www.state.co.us/oed/guide/pdf/Guide8_Bookkpg.pdf
*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.
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The Colorado Small Business Development Center
(SBDC) Network is dedicated to helping small businesses throughout
http://www.state.co.us/oed/small-business/index.cfm
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http://arrowheadcenter.nmsu.edu/index.php
*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
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The NMSBDC is a partnership of the US Small
Business Administration, the state of
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The USBDC helps current and prospective business
owners, entrepreneurs, and others identify opportunities, develop business
plans, refine strategies, overcome challenges, and connect with resources as
they advance their business ventures.
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This page has information about the small business
planning resources available through the
http://extension.usu.edu/agribusiness/htm/smallbusiness/centers
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
http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/
Partial Budgeting for Agricultural Businesses
This is an online publication
from the Ag Alternatives Program at
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ua366.pdf
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This is
a guide produced by the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s Division of
Markets. The record keeping needs of your business must be analyzed to
determine the best bookkeeping system. This guide helps you figure out the best
system for your business.
http://www.state.co.us/oed/guide/pdf/Guide8_Bookkpg.pdf
Crop Planning and Record Keeping for Diversified
Farms
This is an excellent, easy-to-use template for
record keeping and crop planning on a diversified farm. Especially
useful for CSA farms. For either Mac or PC platforms.
http://www.brookfieldfarm.org/cropplanningarticle.html
Instant Recordkeeping Book for Small Farmers, By Emmanuel Ajuzie
The book comes in two volumes, one for expenditures
and the other for sales. Spaces are provided for instant recording of all daily
and monthly transactions throughout the year. Such prompt recordkeeping will
enhance the quality of transactions and decisions made in farm management.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/nsfc/314.htm
Recordkeeping and Budgeting Workbook for Organic Crop Producers
This
publication contains forms for keeping records and developing production and
marketing budgets from those records.
http://attra.ncat.org/downloads/organic_cert/recordkeeping_budgeting.pdf
Cornell Program on Agricultural
and Small Business Finance
The programs are LEAP (lease analysis
program), CASHPRO (projecting annual cash flows), MOCASH (projecting monthly
cash flows), and FISA (a complete integrated set of financial statements
including ratios). These tools are available for download and require the use
of Microsoft Excel. Documentation and instructions for using the tools is
contained in the files.
http://www.agfinance.aem.cornell.edu/Tools.html
CSTA Financials
Aimed at small and mid-size enterprises, CSTA Financials, originally designed
as a Food Distribution software, has incorporated a vast number of features
that makes it excellent not only as a food distribution software, but also as
an Accounting Distribution software for Consumer Products and most other
products.
www.commercesolutionsllc.com
Edible Software
Edible Software enables wholesale grocery, meat, produce, seafood, and general
food distributors to increase their bottom line through increased efficiency
and improved productivity.
Entrée
NECS Entree is a Food Distribution Software
application for Windows that delivers both tremendous power and ease-of-use not
seen in other food distributing software.
http://www.necs.com/entree.asp
FoodManager
LightHouse Systems Group provides computer software
and services for the food distribution industry that handles inventory, sales,
pricing, credit, and production.
Local Food Cooperative Management System Software
Producers/farmers can log in
and add products to their product catalog at anytime for sale. During a
designated time of an ordering cycle, cooperative members place orders. Reports
and invoices generated.
http://www.oklahomafood.coop/software.php
Visual Produce
A software program designed to address the business
needs of fresh produce Wholesalers, Distributors, Packers, Shippers,
Processors, Brokers and Growers.
Small Business and Self-Employed One-Stop Resource
This is a link to the Internal Revenue Service’s
resource for self-employed persons.
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html