A Beginning Farmers Guide to Growing Your Farm Business and Weeding Out Your Risk
Starting a farm is more than planting seeds in the soil or raising cute animals. It’s planning a viable business, with vision, goals, enterprise budgets, and plans that are flexible when things don’t go as planned. This book was created with those beginning steps in mind. It is designed to serve as a practical and approachable resource for new and beginning farmers in Pennsylvania, whether you’re launching your first season or still shaping your farm dream. Our goal is to help you navigate the complexities of farming by offering insights on a wide range of topics, from land access and business planning to risk management and market development.
Farm Family Communications
Communication plays a vital role in every avenue of life. It is normally a challenge that creates friction whether in the family, on the farm, in the office or the manufacturing facility. It’s something we can all work to improve.
Meat Pricing & Yield Guide – For Freezer Trade
The manual freezer trade pricing calculator was created for those who prefer to calculate prices by hand. It will lead you through steps similar to the online Cornell Meat Price Calculator allowing you to determine a profitable price for quarters and sides. Utilize the calculator to best meet your pricing needs.
Meat Pricing & Yield Guide – By The Cut
The manual meat pricing & yield guide meat cuts pricing calculator was created for those who prefer to calculate prices by hand. It will lead you through steps similar to the online Cornell Meat Price Calculator allowing you to determine a profitable price for direct marketing meat cuts. Utilize the calculator to best meet your pricing needs
Business Plan Template
Getting a loan for your agricultural business — no matter the size or scope — means asking the lender to have faith in your ability to manage a full-fledged operation and your finances in a healthy way. The best way to prove that is by coming prepared with a farm business plan proposal.
Cultivating Continuity – Expert Insights for Farm Succession
Welcome to Cultivating Continuity: Expert Insights for Farm Succession, a companion to the Cultivating Your Farm’s Future workbook.
Planning the Future of Your Farm (2023 Edition) – Fillable Online Version
Planning the Future of Your Farm is a workbook for those families who want to keep their farmland in production and/or “in the family” as it passes to the next generation.
Long Term Care and the Farm, Pennsylvania Edition
This publication aims to provide a basic explanation of Long-Term Care (LTC) issues and strategies that may minimize exposure to LTC risks. Special thanks to Robert Moore and the National Ag Law Center for permitting PA Farm Link to adapt the publication for Pennsylvania use.
Cultivating Your Farm’s Future
This workbook may also be useful for service professionals as they facilitate conversations around farm succession planning with their clients.
Farm Succession Checklist
To achieve a successful farm transition, interested parties should actively communicate with one another.Conversations should take place between spouses, farming partners, the next generation, and relevantbusiness planning professionals. Here are the questions that should be considered when engaging in the farm succession process