By Taylor Reid
For aspiring and beginning farmers, the process of choosing what to produce and planning how to begin is an essential essential aspect of developing a successful farming operation. This may seem like a no-brainer, but for many the process can be confusing and challenging. And the careful planning that needs to be taken to maximize your chance of success when developing, expanding, or diversifying a farm is often overlooked and undervalued. The following is a list of free web publications available for those undertaking this process which are designed to make it easier by discussing the many factors that need to be considered.
An excellent set of publications on Enterprise Selection put together by Karen Klonsky, Extension Specialist Department of Agricultural Economics UC Davis, and Patricia Allen, Agroecology Program, UC Santa Cruz as part of the Family Farm Management Series is available HERE.
Larry Lev, from the University of Wyoming has a publication on this issue available HERE.
Penn State University offers a publication called Starting or Diversifying an Agricultural Business.
The University of Kentucky offers a Primer for Selecting New Enterprises for Your Farm.
There is a publication available from the National Sustainable Agriculture information Service (ATTRA) called Evaluating a Rural Enterprise: Marketing and Business Guide.
And the University of Missouri Alternatives center provides a good list of publications on this topic HERE.
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