Business Management Publications
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• Business Plan Guides
• Enterprise Budgets Planning for Profit
• Labour Management & Human Resources
• Business Structure and Arrangements
• Succession & Estate Planning
• Information Management & Technology
• Business Management Tools

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Business Plan Guides:

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

Enterprise Budgets - Planning for Profit

Budgets included in this section are historical. The information is provided as a tool for projecting costs and returns for B.C. farm enterprises and as a general guide for planning individual farms. The sample budget should be used as a guide only and should not be used for business analysis without adjustments to current prices for inputs and products. Each farm should develop their own budget to reflect their production goals, costs and market prices.

Crops

• Berries & Vines
• Forage
• Grains and Oilseed
• Herbs & Specialty Crops
• Organic
• Potatoes

• Small Scale Production

• Tree Fruits
• Vegetables - Field & Greenhouse

Livestock 

• Beef
• Dairy
• Hogs
• Organic
• Poultry & Specialty Poultry
• Small Scale Production
• Specialized Livestock: Sheep, Goats, Horse, Bison, Veal & Bees.

Value Added 

• Food Processing

Labour Management & Human Resources

• Book One: Personnel Planning and Regulations: 
   BC Farm Employers' Handbook
• Book Two: Hiring: 
   BC Farm Employers' Handbook
• Book Three: Supervising: 
   BC Farm Employers' Handbook: 
• Book Four: Motivating, Evaluating & Training: 
   BC Farm Employers' Handbook
• Book Five: Communications, Problem Solving & Discipline: 
   BC Farm Employers' Handbook
• A Guide for Developing Best Practices For Farming with Family
• Labour Management Articles 

Business Structure and Arrangements

• Cooperatives in British Columbia Agriculture
• Partnership and Lease Agreements

Succession & Estate Planning 

• Estate Planning for the B.C. Farmer Sixth Edition - 2001  
• Estate Planning Checklist for Farm Families .. Approaching the Porcupine
• Approaching The Porcupine: Publications To Assist Farm Families In Succession And Estate Planning Factsheet

Information Management & Technology

• Business Management Links Page
• Direct Farm Marketing & the Potential of the World Wide Web

• Farm Business Applications for the Web

• Finding Agriculture Information on the Web

• The Role of Exchange Rates in Managing Your Farm Business 
• Survey Says: Report from 2001
• Trusting the Web: How to Evaluate Agricultural Information From the Internet
• Using Internet Technology in Your Farm Business: 
  A Handbook for Farm Business Managers

Business Management Tools

• Planning for Profit Enterprise Worksheet Commodities Series

Crops

• Berries and Vines 

• Forage 
• Grains and Oilseeds 
• Potatoes 
• Tree Fruits
• Vegetables

Livestock

• Poultry: Turkey, Broiler
• Bees, Horses, Bees, Honey, Pollination

Value Added

• Food Processing 

• Business Planning Worksheets:

  • Crop Profitability and Planning for Profit Financial Statements

  • Cow Calf Operation: Business Planning Worksheets

   

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