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RESOURCES Guides & Workbooks FREE Links to Useful Articles & Documents
Estate and Succession Planning for Small Business Owners (pdf)
Farmer’s Employment Workbook (pdf) Good Communications Help Family Businesses Thrive (Word document) Know the Tax Consequences Before Selling Dairy Farm Assets (Word 44k) Stress Management Plan (Word document) Stress on the Farm (pdf) Tax Management Can Increase After Tax Proceeds When Selling Farm Assets (Word 40k) Transferring Your Farm Business to the Next Generation Ordering is easy!
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Harvesting Change
$17 (includes S&H)
NY FarmNet's new 40-page color booklet, Harvesting Change, provides useful and timely information by profiling the real-life successes - and failures - of 19 New York apple growers. These growers openly and honestly talk about the difficult decisions they have made in the following important areas to adjust to the unprecedented changes taking place in today’s apple industry: Marketing strategies, Diversification, Cost reduction, Exiting the industry, Retirement, and Relocation of the farm business.
Harvesting Change: A Planning Workbook for Apple Growers
$20 (includes S&H). Free to New York growers. 180-page color binder.
Features five chapters: Industry Trends, Current Business Analysis, Grower Stories, Business Planning, and Resources and Worksheets. Farmers’ Employment Workbook: Job Skills Development for Farmers
$20 (includes S &H). 24-page workbook plus fact sheets.
Developed to help farmers who are considering off-farm employment as either supplemental income or to pursue a new career, with exercises to help you assess your interests and skills, and develop a career. Business Transfer Guide: Senior Generation cost $12
Business Transfer Guide: Junior Generation cost $12
One guide for the senior generation and one for the junior generation. These guides will help you navigate the complex process of farm transfer in an easy step-by-step fashion. Do I Need Crop Insurance? cost $5
A self-assessment tool that will help you decide if crop insurance is a risk management strategy that will be a value to your farm. Doing Business Together: A Joint Business Agreement Guide (Partnerships, Mergers, Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, and Contracts) cost: $12
Whether you are going into a partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, or just a contract, this guide will help you explore what type of legal and financial arrangements should be made before you start doing business together. Health Care Planning: A Health, Disability, and Long Term Care Risk Management Tool Steve Richards. cost: $12
Money and business saving tips on how to navigate the confusing maze of health care programs in New York State. The Organic Decision: Transitioning to Organic Dairy Production cost $12 Starting an Agricultural Business? cost $12
This is a pre-planning guide that will help you focus your thoughts before you tackle a full fledged business plan. Great for beginning farmers who need to sit down and really think about what they want to do! Stories of Farm Transfer (Profiles of 12 Farmers) cost $12
Read about how other farm families have transferred their farms and about the challenges that they faced. Systems Management for Dairy Production cost $12 Using Crop Insurance: Profiles of 13 farmers who use crop insurance as a risk management tool in New York State cost $5 |
