1. Funded by the USDA – National Institute for Food and Agriculture (Insert logo) Planning your farm business: Determining your goals, skills and resources

2. Planning for your farm business Module Goals Develop a list of goals for your farm business. Learn basic farm marketing principles Develop a marketing plan for your farm. Learn basic record keeping tools to keep your farm profitable. Learn the tools you will need to start a farm business. Understand basic farm business regulations Walk away with a basic business plan for your farm!

3. What you need to know before you start this module and your farm business… Basic English skills Basic computer skills Some understanding of business management in the United States. Some basic math skills

4. Your goals, your skills, your resources… Lesson 1

5. Why farm goals are important? Voices of the farmers: Insert Video: http://nebeginningfarmers.org/video/farm- planning/

6. Why do you want to farm? What are your goals? Whipstone Farm, Chino Valley, AZ

7. Determining your skills and resources? Photo by: Rex Dufour, NCAT Take out worksheet #2…

8. How do you get skills and resources? A farmers story… Watch video… Voices of Experience “Evaluating land and facilities for farming.” (5 minutes)

9. What’s next? Let’s write it down. Take out worksheet #3… Sweet Woods (Goat ) Dairy Farm- New Mexico

10. Tying it all together… Use worksheets #3 & #4: