Alternative Enterprise Basics
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