Educational & Marketing Tools

Below are educational and marketing tools to help better inform and guide you in making the best desicions for your business.

Ag Biz Planner

An online course that guides participants through the process of developing a business plan. This college level course is available nationwide in an on-demand, online training format for farmers to use from their home or place of business. Farm Credit University is making this program widely available to serve Farm Credit’s mission to help prepare young, beginning, small, and minority (YBSM) farmers and ranchers for a more successful and fulfilling business, family and personal life by improving their management and business planning skills.

 

Farm Credit Record Book

A Microsoft Excel 97 document, containing forms you can use to record your farm records.

 

Field Guide to the New American Foodshed

To start a business, you first need a business and financial plan. Here you will find worksheets to get you started.

One-Page Business Plan

• One-Page Financial Plan

 

Florida Market Maker

Market your agriculture product direct to the consumer with Market Maker.  A FREE service to Florida farmers. 

Click here for more details.

 

Master Goat & Sheep Certification with FAMU

The Master Goat and Sheep Producer’s Certification Program is a comprehensive training program which offers classes in the  nutrition management, herd health, marketing, risk management, financial management, pasture management and so much more. For more information, please click here.

 

Panhandle Fresh Marketing Association

The PFMA, a community based food system model, is a local effort to assist farmers in pooling their resources and allowing them access to larger markets in the produce industry.

 

Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Extension.

 

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