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How to Start an Agriculture Business - Free Agribusiness Books PDF

Are you considering starting an agribusiness and are in need of an agricultural business plan PDF? if yes, you'll find this free book to be extremely helpful.

This is a practical guide that will walk you step by step through all the essentials of starting your business. The book is packed with guides, worksheets and checklists. These strategies are absolutely crucial to your business' success yet are simple and easy to apply.

Don’t Start a New Agriculture Business Unless You Watch This Video First!

Checklist for Starting a Business: Essential Ingredients for Success

If you are thinking about going into business, it is imperative that you watch this video first! it will take you by the hand and walk you through each and every phase of starting a business. It features all the essential aspects you must consider BEFORE you start a business. This will allow you to predict problems before they happen and keep you from losing your shirt on dog business ideas. Ignore it at your own peril!

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This is a high quality, full blown business plan template complete with detailed instructions and all related spreadsheets. You can download it to your PC and easily prepare a professional business plan for your business.
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The Single Most Important Ingredient for Business Success

The first and most important thing you need to acquire in order to succeed in a small business is... knowledge.

Sounds exaggerated? Listen to this...

According to research conducted by Dun & Bradstreet, 90% of all small business failures can be traced to poor management resulting from lack of knowledge.

This is backed up by my own personal observations. In my 31 years as a business coach and consultant to small businesses, I've seen practically dozens of small business owners go under and lose their businesses -- not because they weren't talented or smart enough -- but because they were trying to re-invent the wheel rather than rely on proven, tested methods that work.

Conclusion: if you are really serious about succeeding in a business... If you want to avoid the common traps and mistakes... it is absolutely imperative that you acquire the right knowledge.

"Why Invent Mediocrity, When You Can Copy Genius?"

That's an excellent quote I picked up from a fellow business owner a few years back. What this means is that you should see what is working and try to duplicate Printing Business. Why go through all the trouble of inventing something new, that you don't even know will ever work, when you can easily learn from and duplicate something that has been a proven success?

[ Note: One of the BIGGEST mistakes almost all new businesses make is that they WASTE tons of valuable time, energy and money on trying to create something "new", that has never been tested or proven... only to find out later that it was a total loss. Don't make the same mistake! ]

Hi! My name is Meir. I'm the founder and president of BizMove.com, a successful internet based information business. I'm also the author of numerous books, mostly in the area of small business management.

I've been involved in small business for the past 31 years of my life, as a business coach, manager of a consulting firm, a seminar leader and as the owner of five successful businesses.

During my career as a business coach and consultant I've helped dozens of business owners start their businesses, market, expand, get out of troubles, sell their businesses and do practically every other small business activity you can think of.
You see, I have been there .... done it ... and bought the Small Business t-shirt! -- This free book contains techniques and strategies I've learned during my 31 year small business career.

Here's what you'll discover in the 'How to Start an Agriculture Business' book:

How to determine the feasibility of your business idea - a complete fill in the blanks template system that will help you predict problems before they happen and keep you from losing your shirt on dog business ideas.

A detailed manual that will walk you step by step through all the essential phases of starting your business

A complete agricultural business plan PDF template. This fill-in-the-blanks template includes every section of your business plan, including Executive Summary, Objectives, SWOT Analysis, Marketing Analysis and Strategy, Operations Plan, Financial Projections and more (a similar template is sold elsewhere for $69.95).

All this and much much more.

Success Tip: Setting Goals

Good management is the key to success and good management starts with setting goals. Set goals for yourself for the accomplishment of the many tasks necessary in starting and managing your business successfully. Be specific. Write down the goals in measurable terms of performance. Break major goals down into sub-goals, showing what you expect to achieve in the next two to three months, the next six months, the next year, and the next five years. Beside each goal and sub-goal place a specific date showing when it is to be achieved.

Plan the action you must take to attain the goals. While the effort required to reach each sub-goal should be great enough to challenge you, it should not be so great or unreasonable as to discourage you. Do not plan to reach too many goals all at one time.

Establish priorities. Plan in advance how to measure results so you can know exactly how well you are doing. This is what is meant by "measurable" goals. If you can’t keep score as you go along you are likely to lose motivation. Re-work your plan of action to allow for obstacles which may stand in your way. Try to foresee obstacles and plan ways to avert or minimize them.

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Management Skills Video: How to Become a Great Manager and Leader

Learn how to improve your leadership skills and become a better manager and leader. Here's how to be the boss people want to give 200 percent for. In the following video you'll discover 120 powerful tips and strategies to motivate and inspire your people to bring out the best in them.

For more insightful videos visit our Small Business and Management Skills YouTube Chanel.

Here're other free books in the "how to start a business" series that may interest you:

Agriculture Assisted living Auto repair Bakery Bar Beauty salon Bed and breakfast Bookkeeping Boutique Bowling alley Carpet cleaning Car wash Catering Cattle farming Charity Cleaning Coffee shop Computer repair Construction Consulting Convenience-store Cupcake Daycare Dental Dog daycare Ecommerce Electrical Embroidery Engineering Farm Fashion Film Financial advisor Fitness center Flower-shop Food Food truck Franchise Frozen yogurt Furniture store Gas station Goat farming Grocery store Gym Hairdressing Hair salon Ice cream Insurance agency Interior design Internet Internet cafe IT Jewelry Landscaping Laundromat Laundry Law firm Magazine Manufacturing Microbrewery Motel-hotel Music Nightclub Nonprofit Nursery Online-retail Photography Pizza Plumbing Poultry farming Preschool Printing Private investigator Pub Real-estate Resort Restaurant Retail School Security company Service Software Spa Sports-bar Startup Supermarket Travel agency Trucking Vegetable-farming Website

Here's a Sample 'Executive Summary' for an agriculture business plan:

COMPANY NAME is headquartered in Portland, Texas.

COMPANY NAME
OWNER’S NAME
[INSERT ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFO]

COMPANY NAME was established in 1976 originally by its owner, OWNER’S NAME and her late husband. OWNER’S NAME single-handedly and successfully continued the operation. COMPANY NAME resides on a 1900 acre property that is used for growing cotton and grain crops. Other sections of the property are rented out to other parties for additional revenue.

1.1 Objectives

COMPANY NAME has four main objectives:

To make our business stronger.
To implement new technologies to focus more in detail on financial exponents.
To justify payroll for experience.
To acquire additional farmland to further expand the operation.

1.2 Mission

COMPANY NAME mission is to become a strong and self-sustaining female owned farming operation with an interest in educating and offering training and guidance to other women; therefore, allowing the Company to give back to the community.

1.3 Keys to Success

COMPANY NAME keys to success are:

To have the ability to grow and strengthen the business to allow proper marketability
To supply the farming operation with sufficient equipment to allow for more employees, efficient farming, planting, maintaining and harvesting.

2.0 Company Summary

COMPANY NAME is headquartered in Portland, Texas.

COMPANY NAME
[INSERT ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFO]

COMPANY NAME was established in 1976 originally by its owner OWNER’S NAME and her late husband. OWNER’S NAME single-handedly and successfully continued the operation. COMPANY NAME resides on a 1900 acre property that is used for growing cotton and grain crops. Other sections of the property are rented out to other parties for additional revenue.

2.1 Company Ownership

COMPANY NAME is a partnership Corporation; however the single owner of the company is OWNER’S NAME.

2.2 Company History

COMPANY NAME sales for 2006, 2007, and 2008 were $856,335, $1,651,482 and $1,472,218, respectively. An extension was filed for the company's tax return for 2009.

Table: Past Performance

Past Performance
	2006	2007	2008
Sales	$856,335	$1,651,482	$1,472,218
Gross Margin	$856,335	$1,651,482	$1,472,218
Gross Margin %	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Operating Expenses	$442,066	$400,742	$403,582

Balance Sheet
	2006	2007	2008

Current Assets
Cash	$134,022	$111,456	$68,225
Other Current Assets	$26,584	$16,628	$9,956
Total Current Assets	$160,606	$128,084	$78,181

Long-term Assets
Long-term Assets	$106,318	$110,318	$116,060
Accumulated Depreciation	$0	$0	$0
Total Long-term Assets	$106,318	$110,318	$116,060

Total Assets	$266,924	$238,402	$194,241

Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable	$0	$0	$0
Current Borrowing	$152,411	$100,001	$88,300
Other Current Liabilities (interest free)	$0	$0	$0
Total Current Liabilities	$152,411	$100,001	$88,300

Long-term Liabilities	$0	$0	$0
Total Liabilities	$152,411	$100,001	$88,300

Paid-in Capital	$283,000	$306,454	$56,682
Retained Earnings	($467,303)	($392,095)	($241,923)
Earnings	$298,816	$224,042	$291,182
Total Capital	$114,513	$138,401	$105,941

Total Capital and Liabilities	$266,924	$238,402	$194,241

Other Inputs
Payment Days	7	7	7

3.0 Products

COMPANY NAME is a Portland, Texas farming service specializing in grain and cotton production. COMPANY NAME is a high quality row crop business that offers superior products that are suitable for sale and exportation.

How to Get the Skills of a Natural Leader

Leadership exists on a continuum from managing self to managing others to managing the organization. Natural leadership does not mean that you either have it or you don't. It does mean that you are willing to assess your style and behavior, and that you are willing to learn and grow.

1. The only person you can change is yourself.

Self-management comes before managing others or managing an organization. Understanding the impact of your behavior is crucial to leadership.

2. You must feel comfortable being in a leadership role.

Leadership calls for authenticity. If you are not comfortable with the role, others will sense it and withhold the full measure of whatever it is they have to contribute.

3. Being a natural leader involves being able to adjust your style to the skill level and commitment of others in any given situation.

Reading the people/task mix requires skill, flexibility and intuition.

4. Natural leaders develop other leaders

Leaders of today must share skills, insight and power to bring along others who have the potential to lead. This includes giving others the opportunity to lead. Someone once said that leadership is like manure. Left in a pile it starts to smell really bad and does no good. Spread around evenly it promotes growth and doesn't smell bad at all.

5. As a leader, you must make sure information flows freely in all directions.

The culture must be such that withholding information to strengthen one's own power or for any reason is absolutely not tolerated.

6. Leaders have to be accessible.

You have to create a culture in which people feel they can tell you the bad news as well as the good news. You cannot isolate yourself or let others isolate you.

7. Leadership in modern organizations means sometimes fading into the background . . . when it is natural to do so.

You do not have to plan every tactic or lead every charge. Hire good people who can articulate your vision as well as you can (maybe even better) and then let them do it.

8. Leaders need to provide support.

Become a sponsor for someone else's idea or project. Make sure you provide the resources and structure others need to succeed.

9. Leaders must create a culture that encourages risk and tolerates mistakes.

In these times, playing it safe in business is the riskiest strategy.

10. Leadership skills can be developed.

Natural does not mean born with. Leadership skills can be learned and this learning circles back to self-management.