Alternative Enterprises: Profitability, Resources and Information points out business planning resources for producers contemplating a new venture. Alternative Enterprise Basics: Marketing, Enthusiasms and Risks look at considerations when starting a new business or enterprise. Alternative Enterprise Basics: Oklahoma Regulations for Slaughter Facilities examines regulations for slaughter facilities in Oklahoma. Alternative Enterprise Basics: Small-Scale Poultry Production discusses starting a small poultry operation.

Presentations

Profitability, Resources, Information

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Marketing, Enthusiasms, Risks

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Oklahoma Regulations for Slaughter Facilities

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Small Scale Poultry Production

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What's Realistic on 50 Acres of Pasture

Other Resources

OSU Publication

• Developing a Business Plan for Value-Added Agricultural Products
• 10 FAQs of Start-Up Food Business Owners
• A Guide to Marketing Locally Produced Eggs in Oklahoma
• Broiler Production: Considerations for Potential Growers
• A Resource Guide for Beginning Farmers in Oklahoma
• Are You Making a Profit on Your Products?
• Budgets: Their Use in Farm Management
• Funding for Small-Scale Farms: Tips for Grant and Loan Proposals
• Backyard Flock Production
• Small Flock Biosecurity for Prevention of Avian Influenza

FSA Publications

• Microloans
• Non-Insured Assistance Program
• Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program

Websites

• Enterprise Budgets
• Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service
• Iowa State University Alternative Enterprise Budgets
• Ag Risk & Farm Management Library
• Ag Alternatives
• AgPlan
• Small Business Administration
• Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
• ATTRA National Center for Appropriate Technology
• Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
• ODAFF Grants/Loans
• ODAFF Meat & Poultry Inspection Compliance
• New Veterinary Feed Directive Guidelines for Antibiotics in Livestock Feed
• ODAFF Food Safety