Farm business planning involves developing goals for the business, describing approaches to achieve specific goals, and evaluating how well the goals have been achieved. Information from this process is used to revise existing goals or create new ones and identify ways to implement them. Farm business planning is an ongoing process that combines a medium- to long-range perspective with implementation and evaluation activities. The sites listed below will provide excellent help to develop a business plan.

This site provide general information on farm business planning. Each site opens the door to an array of related topics.

• Ag Risk Education Library – Excellent site that provides many useful publications. Click on Ag Risk Library.

This site provide more specific information on business planning. Please refer to the brief web site description for more details.