Farm Start-up Plan
ejf5@cornell.edu category: Worksheets
posted: 05/15/12 11:39 AM by ejf5@cornell.edu
18 Comments
ejf5@cornell.edu category: Worksheets
posted: 05/15/12 11:39 AM by ejf5@cornell.edu
18 Comments
I need to do more checking on produce prices before submitting those possible profits
Great questions. I started thinking seriously and if I really did want to start a small farm on my one acre. Thank you.
A good basic template. The first questions were good, but the last one needs to be broken down some more to be effective. Thanks!
Your template helps. Thanks a bunch
Great site to get all support and information required for farming
this was a very helpful excersise in terms of mapping out what i would like to achieve with this project there is still some thinking through which I have to do but this was a good start thank you
I think these questions are very “real” everyone should consider how life changes as we go on. Thought is definitely required here. And I still want to start a small working ranch and rescue for the animals. I have been taking in small animals for a few years now and enjoy doing it.
What else do I need to consider for financial planning?
Thank you for your assistance. I’m looking forward to transitioning from the Army back into civilian life and would like to support the Farmer Veteran Coalition as well as the small town I grew up in (Onaga, KS) Any support, direction, input is greatly appreciated.
What happens next after I sent you my answers.
Zac
Hi Zac,
The “submit” button on our planning worksheets is for you to send yourself an email copy of your answers, for your own records. It’s a way of facilitating the beginnings of writing a simple business plan. Unfortunately, we just don’t have the capacity to review or comment on people’s worksheets.
Sarah
Looking for the guidance to start a small organic farm.
i really want to start a poultry business but i am unemployed so i have no money to start
Hi Daniel,
Our Guide to Farming in New York has a couple fact sheets that might be useful to you. Check out Fact Sheet #4: Financing a Farm and Fact Sheet #31: Grant Opportunities for Farmers. You could also take a look at the Resources section of our Small Farms website, which includes a section on funding.
This begins to answer why to do what you love: because your labor is free, and when your labor is free your costs are lower, and your labor provides most of what you need.
Is there a resource to help project (1) crop yield per acre or hectare (2) and prices for cocoa? Is this a commodity sold in the commodity markets or openly?
The International Cocoa Association looks like a great resource. They have a page for daily prices of cocoa beans and as far as yield goes, they say “Yield depends on the age, type and planting distribution of trees and level of inputs needed. The balance between yield and input costs is important to the grower. For example, Malaysia had high yields of 700 kg per hectare but also had high costs of between 70 cents and $1.30 per kg.” You could look through the website to find more information.
We started this business in 2005. We expect a harvest in 2 years. We remain debt free with over 3000 pecan trees planted.