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Building Bank Relationships - A Small Business Banking Guide

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A personal relationship with a bank is one of the most important business relationships that a small business owner has. Bankers play a vital role in helping small business owners obtain financing, receive financial advi  More...
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The Farm's Legacy: A Guidebook for Intra-Family Succession

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The Farm's Legacy: A Guidebook for Intra-Family Succession is a publication authored by the Purdue Succession Planning Team. This guidebook is a culmination of years of firsthand knowledge and expertise with farm familie  More...
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Projected Costs and Returns Associated with the Production of Kentucky Bluegrass

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Turfgrass is a major specialty crop in the US. In the Midwest, production has been dominated by Kentucky bluegrass. This publication, the first in a forthcoming series, uses data from Indiana and Iowa to assess the econo  More...
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Costs and Returns of Producing Hops in Established Tree Plantations

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This article is the first of two publications that analyzes economic opportunities in forest farming for Indiana forest plantation owners. This study explores growing hops along the fence lines of newly established fo  More...

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Agribusiness Management Simulation

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The Purdue Agribusiness Management Simulation, designed to be used in agribusiness management courses, lets students run a virtual feed and fertilizer store in order to learn about inventory, pricing, human resources,  More...

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Allan Gray: Get Inside Your Customer's Head (Farmer Panel) (Online Webinar)

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Allan Gray, professor and director of Purdue's Center for Food and Agricultural Business, talks with two farmers in this online webinar to explore the needs, desires and motivations of today's large commercial producers.  More...

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Emprendimientos alimentarios: Uso de una cocina aprobada para preparar alimentos para vender

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La mayorí a de los productos elaborados por emprendedores alimentarios deben ser preparados en una cocina aprobada, tal como una cocina comercial, a fin de cumplir con las regulaciones estatales y federales sobre el  More...
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Emprendimientos alimentarios: Regulaciones para el procesamiento de alimentos en Indiana

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Es necesario conocer y comprender las regulaciones alimentarias antes de iniciar un negocio de comida. Esto puede involucrar a varias agencias del gobierno, dependiendo del tipo de comida, de cómo sea elaborada o pr  More...
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Emprendimientos alimentarios: Mé todos para la conservación de alimentos

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Esta publicación ofrece a quienes inicien un emprendimiento con alimentos un panorama básico de las diferentes técnicas de conservación de comida, que incluye refrigeración, secado, pasteurizaci&  More...
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Emprendimientos alimentarios: Alimentos orgá nicos

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Esta publicación ofrece un panorama de los requisitos necesarios para producir y etiquetar un alimento como orgánico para la venta. Incluye información sobre el Programa Orgánico Nacional del Departam  More...
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Regulations for Indiana Food Processing (Food Entrepreneurship Series)

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It is necessary to know and understand food regulations before starting a food business. Several governmental agencies may be involved, depending on the type of food, how it is prepared or produced, and where it is to be  More...
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Using an Approved Kitchen to Prepare Food for Sale (Food Entrepreneurship Series)

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Most products prepared by food entrepreneurs must be prepared in an approved kitchen facility, such as a commercial kitchen, in order to meet state and federal food-processing regulations. This publication explains what  More...
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Organic Foods (Food Entrepreneurship Series)

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This publication provides an overview of the requirements for producing and labeling an organic food product for sale. It includes information about the National Organic Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as w  More...
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Food Preservation Methods (Food Entrepreneurship Series)

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This publication provides food entrepreneurs with a basic overview of various food preservation techniques, including refrigeration, drying, pasteurization, thermal processing, and acidifying, including fermentation. It  More...
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Manufacturing and Marketing Eastern Hardwood Lumber Produced by Thin Kerf Band Mills

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This full-color, soft-cover book brings together a lifetime of sawmill experience and technical training to help readers solve lumber manufacturing problems and save money. It includes chapters on wood quality and charac  More...

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Elevator Pitches: Showcasing Your Business

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This 12-page publication helps business owners and entrepreneurs take the steps necessary to develop and deliver effective elevator pitches to showcase their businesses in two minutes or less. Included are two examples a  More...
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Estimating Breakeven Sales for Your Small Business (EPUB format)

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This publication explains how to estimate breakeven sales for your business to help you set goals concerning the sales volume you will need to for your small business to be profitable.

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The Elements of a Business Plan: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs (EPUB format)

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This publication explains the seven elements of a business plan, which should be the cornerstone of a small business. It also includes descriptions of common business plan errors.

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Defining Your Business Through Goals and Objectives: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs (EPUB format)

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This publication helps new entrepreneurs determine how a new venture will fit with their personal and business goals. It uses the example of a new bakery start-up to illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Starting a Meat Goat Operation

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Implementing Strategy: The Key Strategic Decisions for the Farm Business

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8-page publication to help farm business managers make strategic decisions in seven areas: business enterprise focus, growth/downsizing, marketing and channel linkages, financial structure and business model, organizatio  More...
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Using the WIC Program: A Guide for Farmers' Market Masters, Vendors, and Roadside Stands

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4-page publication explining how farmers' market masters, vendors, and roadside stands can use the Women, Infants and children (WIC) Program.  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: Overview of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)

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Federal regulations, phased in from 1998 until 2000, require all large, small, and very small meat and poultry processors to implement a HACCP plan. This fact sheet explains the benefits of HACCP, presents an overview t  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: SSOP and GMP Practices and Programs (Sanitation Stand Operating Proc and Good Manf Pract)

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A small meat processor must understand the basic principles behind Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and how to comply with them. For meat and poultry processors, S  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: A Pest Control Program

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Basic pest control in the food processing plant is an essential prerequisite food safety program. Unfortunately, many processors have never estalished a systematic, organized approach toward a pest control program. Thi  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: A Recall and Traceability Program

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For the very small meat and/or poultry processor, verification procedures are one of the most difficult aspects of a HACCP plan, a sanitation program, or other required programs. This fact sheet explains the parts of ve  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: Verification Programs

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Recall of an adulterated food product can be a very traumatic and trying experience for a small meat or poultry processor. Preparation beforehand can make the difference between a recall becoming a learning experience o  More...
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Small Meat Processing Plants: Selection and Maintenance of Temperature Measurement Devices

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Accurate temperature measurement is critical for ensuring production of a safe and high quality meat or poultry product. Many of the microorganisms that cause foodborne disease may be eliminated by proper temperature re  More...
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Food Safety Regulations for Farmers' Markets

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Food Safety Regulations for Farmers' Markets 8-page publication that explains food safety regulations so that market masters and vendors can keep consumers safe at farmers' markets.  More...
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Starting a Farmers' Market

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4-page publication explaining the steps necessary to start a farmer's market.  More...
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Capital Investment Analysis and Project Assessment

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12-page publication explaining two phases of project assessment: economic profitability and financial feasibility.  More...
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Marketing's Four P's: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs

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12-page publication explaining the four "P's" of marketing: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Includes a set of worksheets to help you tailor your marketing mix to your customers'.  More...
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The Elements of a Business Plan: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs

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12-page publication explaining the seven elements of a business plan. Includes descriptions of common business plan errors.  More...

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Fatal Business Planning Assumptions

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4-page publication describing 10 dangerous business planning assumptions that entrepreneurs can avoid once they are aware of them.  More...

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Defining Your Business Through Goals and Objectives: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs

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Starting a new business requires a lot of thought and time before even a cent is spent. This is a 4-page publication that helps you determine how a new venture will fit with your personal and business goals. It uses the  More...

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Estimating Breakeven Sales for Your Small Business

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4-page publication explaining how to estimate breakeven sales for your business and conduct a sensitivity analysis relative to breakeven sales.  More...

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Developing Effective Job Descriptions for Small Businesses and Farms

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16-page publication explaining the components of effective job descriptions and providing a suggested format for a job description and a few examples to illustrate how completed job descriptions might look.  More...

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Selecting and Managing Consultants

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Consultants can help you implement a plan for solving problems, provide an outside perspective on your business, or fill short-term positions calling for highly specialized skills. This is a 4-page publication that provi  More...
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Industry Analysis: The Five Forces

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This 16-page publication describes the five forces that can influence an industry: bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of buyers, threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes, and rivalry among competitors.  More...
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Intellectual Property: Obtaining Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights

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Intellectual property rights, including patents and trademarks, can protect business innovations. This 6-page publication describes different forms of intellectual property rights and explains how to obtain them.  More...

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Principles for Structuring Small Businesses and Farms

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4-page publication explains five principles guiding the organizational structure of small businesses and describes three common organizational structures.  More...
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Opportunities in the Fresh-Cut Fruit Sector for Indiana Melon Growers

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8-page publication provides an overview of the fresh-cut produce industry and of the melon industry in Indiana and discusses available opportunities for Indiana melon growers in the fresh-cut fruit indistry.  More...
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Value-Added Business Ventures Through Producer Alliances

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4-page publication identifying the factors that producers should evaluate when considering investment in producer alliances  More...
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Planning for the Unexpected: Human Resource Risk and Contingency Planning

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8-page publication explaining the six sections of a contingency plan and how writing one can help you plan for the unexpected and combat human resources risk.  More...
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How to Use Goals to Achieve Business Success: First Steps for New Entrepreneurs

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6-page publication explaining how to use goals to identify tasks critical to a business's success and set up a tracking system for accomplishing them.  More...
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Developing Vision and Mission Statements

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12-page publication to help farm business managers develop effective vision and mission statements to help them gain a better understanding of themselves, their business, and the business environment in which they operat  More...
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The Internal Analysis of Your Farm Business: What is Your Farm's Competitive Advantage?

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12-page publication to help farm business managers identify the capabilities and competitive advantages of their farms.  More...
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Strategic Planning: Scanning the Horizon

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12-page publication designed to help farm business managers with strategic planning to reach a desired future. Includes two helpful worksheets.  More...
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The Competitive Environment: New Realities

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8-page publication designed to help farm business managers identify the important trends in agriculture that will affect their farm business. Includes a helpful worksheet.  More...
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A Choose-and-Cut Pine and Fir Christmas Tree Case Study

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Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms often are part-time family businesses. With sometimes several members of a family involved, it can be difficult to record and place a value on the time and costs required to establish,  More...
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Building a Sustainable Business

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Building a Sustainable Business: A Guide to Developing a Business Plan for Farms and Rural Businesses brings the business planning process alive to help today's alternative and sustainable agriculture entrepren  More...

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Farmers as Plant Managers and General Managers: Which Hat Do You Wear?

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Key Financial Performance Measures for Farm General Managers

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Checking Your Farm Business Management Skills

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List of Assistance and Regulatory Agencies for Starting in the Nursery Business

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This publication is a listing of Federal and Indiana state government agencies that regulate various activities involved in operating a landscape plant nursery.  More...
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Guide to Production Information for the Commercial Nursery Crop Grower

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This publication is a reference list of informative publications which can provide answers and guidance to the commercial nursery grower on topics from propagation to pest management.  More...
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Starting in the Nursery Business

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This publication discusses starting in the nursery business, including what you'll need, developing a nursery business plan, selecting a specific nursery site, nursery design and space requirements, and labor and capit  More...
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Guide to Information for Starting in the Nursery Business

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This is a reference list of informative publications which can provide answers to many of the questions which arise when considering a new nursery business.  More...
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