Rural Entrepreneurship Resources

Business Startup and Planning

Texas Custom Rates (2009)

INVenture Business Planning Tool (Purdue Univ)

New Ventures in Food and Agriculture (Purdue Univ)...to help you find the answers and information you need to decide whether you should start a new agriculture - or food - related business;

Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (Iowa State Univ) - an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. Browse commodities and products, investigate market and industry trends, study business creation and operation, read research results and locate value-added resources.

Texas Regional SBDC Offices

Example Business Plans

- Chicken Broiler Producer
- Dairy Producer
- Grains and Seeds
- Bee Keeper
- Cow/Calf Ranch
- Greenhouse Vegetable
- Greenhouse Floriculture
- Wholesale Nursery
- Direct Farm Marketing

Marketing

Western Extension Marketing Committee
World Link Futures - Serving the beginning trader
USDA Ag Marketing Service
Market Information System - Univ. of Florida
@g Online Markets - Futures
Fooddude Home Page by Foodsight Food Marketing
Direct Farm Marketing & Tourism Handbook
Organic Marketing Resources