Business Management Related Links
updated February 2005

• Business Planning 
• Business Structure & Organization
• E-Commerce and Agriculture
• Financial Management & Planning
• Human Resources, Employees & Workforce
• Online Tools for Business Management
• Risk Management

Business Planning 

Alberta AG: feasibility of a business
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/apa7057

ATTRA Feasibility Assessment
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/evalrural.html

BC/Canada Business Service Centre Business Plan Examples
http://bsa.cbsc.org/gol/bsa/site.nsf/en/index.html

BCMAL InfoBasket
http://www.infobasket.gov.bc.ca/

Hurdle: Sample Business Plans
http://www.bplans.com/sp/index.cfm?a=bc

Interactive Business Planner: Cdn/BC
http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/home_en.cfm

OMAFRA Assessing business plan guides  http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/facts/99-011.htm

Royal Bank Small Business Planning
http://www.royalbank.com/sme/index.html

Small Business Administration: research for your business plan    http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mt-8.txt

Small Business Administration: USA Start up 
http://www.sba.gov/starting/indexstartup.html

Texas A & M : business planning for Ag 
http://agpublications.tamu.edu/pubs/eco/l5404.pdf

University of Georgia: Is you agribusiness venture feasible? 
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/b1066-w.html

Business Structure & Organization

BC Business Centre Small Business Workshop "planning & start up"
http://www.smallbusinessbc.ca/

BC Finance: Business Structures registry
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/registries/corppg/crforms.htm

Industry Canada: PARTNERING AND ALLIANCES
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/instco-levc.nsf/en/h_qw00024e.html

Manitoba Agriculture Farm Mgt: business structure
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/farm/farm.html#agreements

Machinery Cost Estimates The University of Illinois
http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/manage/machinery/index.html

OMAFRA Leasing Agreements
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/facts/01-003.htm

OMAFRA Security Agreements
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/facts/security.htm

Sask Ag farm business arrangements
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/Econ_Farm_Man/Business/Busarr.asp

Sask Ag. Choosing the right structure
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/Econ_Farm_Man/Planning/agstructures.asp

Estate Planning & Family Business Management

Canadian Association of Family Businesses
http://www.cafeuc.org/

CFBMC: Components of the Farm Succession Plan
http://farmcentre.com/english/downloads/succession.htm

Goal Setting for Farm and Ranch Families
http://www.joe.org/joe/1999june/iw2.html

Manitoba Ag: Family Resource Management, BUSINESS MEETINGS
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/homeec/cba11s01.html

Manitoba Agriculture Farm Mgt: estate
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/farm/farm.html#farmtransfer

OMAFRA-Paying wages to family

http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/facts/03-071.htm

OMAFRA Survey Succession Planning
website

Oklahoma State: F-213 - Doing the Right Thing: Decision Making for Agricultural Families (11/89 - 587K)
http://agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/agecon/farm/f-213.pdf

Small Business Administration US Challenges in a family business
http://www.sba.gov/library/pubs/mp-3.txt

Financial Management & Planning

Alberta ag ratio & benchmarks
website

BCMAL Infobasket
http://www.infobasket.gov.bc.ca/

Canadian Banker Association - Managing Money
http://www.cba.ca/en/viewpub.asp?fl=6&sl=23&docid=27&pg=1

Canada Farm Business Management Council
http://www.farmcentre.com/english/

Farm Analysis Tool: financial mgt  
http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu

Negotiating with Creditors: Nebraska State U
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/homemgt/heg183.htm

Manitoba Agriculture : Analyzing Financial Farmplan
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/farm/pdf/
farmplananalyzingafarmbusiness.pdf

OMAFRA Loan Calculator
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/calc/loancalc.html

Revenue Canada- Guide for Canadian Small Businesses
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4070/rc4070eq-01.html

Texas: Income Statement
http://tcebookstore.org/pubinfo.cfm?pubid=542

USDA farm financial management
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/FarmFinancialMgmt/

Online Tools for Business Management

Alta Vista Translation online
http://babelfish.altavista.com

Bank of Canada Exchange Rate Calculator
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/exchform.htm

Bravenet Web Development Tips and Tools:
http://www.bravenet.com/

Collabrio's MyEvents: calendar & events tracking online
http://www.myevents.com/Login.asp

Download.com: software available for download: free, shareware or licensed
http://www.download.com

E-Commerce Payment Gateways for Online Transactions
http://www.online-commerce.com/directory.html

Interactive Business Planner (IBP) : Canada/BC Business Service Centre
http://www.cbsc.org/ibp/home_en.cfm

Microsoft Online Net Meeting
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/

PC Doctor: User Groups and Headlines for technical support
http://www.virtualdr.com/

Yahoo Agriculture Discussion Group:
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Agriculture_and_Farming

human Resources, Employees & Workforce

Berkeley Agricultural Labor Management
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/ucce50/ag-labor/index.html

Berkeley Agricultural Personnel Management     
http://are.berkeley.edu/APMP/pubs/otherpubs.html

Canadaone: Online Human Resource Guide   
http://www.canadaone.com/tools/hr_guide.html

BC Employment Standards Act
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/

Human Resources Development Canada
http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/home.shtml

hR Mgt Human Resource Canada
website

Ohio State Extension: Human Resource Main page ( 5 documents)    
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hrm-fact/index.html

Sask Ag What makes a good farm manager?  
http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/DOCS/Econ_Farm_Man/human/Fmw0292.asp

HR Magazine: American online magazine
http://www.shrm.org/

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Rural Development     
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/rural/facts/factshts.htm

Texas : Farm and Ranch Personnel Management
http://tcebookstore.org/getfile.cfm?pubid=1032

Royal Bank HR online booklet 
http://www.rbcroyalbank.com/sme/bigidea/team.html

Tool Kit for Business Owners 
http://www.toolkit.cch.com/

Risk Management

Ag Canada Futures Market Simulator online
http://www2.agr.ca/drm/select_module.asp?lng=eng

Alberta AG: Exchange rates & Ag
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/marketing_manual/principles/mp_m8.html

BCMAL Whole Farm Insurance Program  
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/finance/arm/wfip/wfiptoc.htm

Manitoba Agriculture Farm Mgt: insurance 
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/financial/farm/farm.html#insurance

OMAFRA Farm Business Insurance     
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/facts/00-041.htm

Ontario Risk Management Software   
http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/busdev/downtown.htm#anchor543561

Pacific Northwest Management 
http://pnw-ag.wsu.edu/risk/CurriculumManual.html

Prescription for Managing Risks (6/93 - 23K)   
http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/sis1017

Royal Bank Risk Mgt in Ag    
http://www.royalbank.com/agriculture/reference/risk_management/index.html

Texas A & M Risk Management Curriculum Guide   
ttp://trmep.tamu.edu/cg/list.htm

USDA Building a Risk Mgt Plan  http://agecon.uwyo.edu/RiskMgt/generaltopics/BuildingARiskMgtPlan.pdf

USDA Introduction to Risk Management, How to Manage Risks: http://agecon.uwyo.edu/RiskMgt/generaltopics/IntroRiskMgt.pdf

USDA The Role of Human Resource Management in Risk Management
http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/training/trainer/erven.html

University of Wyoming Strategic Risk Management
http://agecon.uwyo.edu/RiskMgt/FinancialRisk/StrategicRiskMgt.pdf

Western Risk Management Library 
http://agecon.uwyo.edu/RiskMgt/Contents.htm

E-Commerce and Agriculture

Adding E-commerce to Your Agri-business, Alberta Agriculture
website

Strategis Canada Electronic Commerce for Canadian Retailers
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inretra-comde.nsf/en/h_qn00005e.html

Electronic Commerce in Canada: This site is the virtual focal point for information on Canada's Electronic Commerce Strategy
http://ecom.ic.gc.ca/english/index.html

Ecommerce Directory: Payment Gateways for Online Transactions:
http://www.online-commerce.com/directory.html

E-Commerce Markets: Market Driven Agriculture: Strategies for success: Alberta Agriculture 
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/mgmt/diversification/article9.pdf

E-Business: Alberta Business Link
http://www.e-future.ca/home/index.asp

Selling Products and Services through the Internet, Alberta Agriculture 
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/economic/mgmt/diversification/article10.pdf

Zdnet: A crash course in e-commerce:
website