Presentation from New Lands Farm that illustrates growing crops for market, with specific examples of expense planning and calculations.
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Your Potential Profit: Enterprise Budgets

Your Farm is a Business
Presentation from New Lands Farm on planning for your business and making a profit: outlines how to create a business plan with an emphasis on profit, crop specifics, and competition.

Business Plan Basics
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- Digital Download
Presentation from the University of Arizona's department of Agricultural Resource Economics, which outlines best practices for establishing a business plan.
Business Planning Check List
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- Digital Download
Check list for businesses that can be used for reflection on a variety of factors influencing business development: product/ services, markets, competition, product development, marketing and sales, operations, management, and financial planning.

Training on Cash Flow
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- Digital Download
Training presentation put together by the University of Arizona's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, outlining the basics of recordkeeping, cash flow forms, and sample transactions.
Breakeven Analysis
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- Digital Download
Spreadsheet that helps calculate total fixed costs, total variable costs, and subsequent breakeven sales level.
Cash Flow Spreadsheet
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- Digital Download
Spreadsheet to be used with SALES FORECAST and EXPENSES FORECAST handouts to calculate total yearly expenses and income.
Sales Forecast Spreadsheet
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- Digital Download
Spreadsheet to calculate total yearly sales forecast.
Flow Chart- business planning
Flow chart that illustrates a step-by-step guide to business and crop planning.
Crop Planning Sheet
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- Digital Download
Crop planning sheet than provides space for farmers to record how much of each crop they planted over course of the season, including specific of frequency, successions, and materials needed.
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