New Entry Farm Business Planning Course: Financials & Enterprise Budgets

New Entry's Farm Business Planning Course is an 8 week course held in Lowell, MA designed to help beginning farmers develop a comprehensive farm business plan. The links and resources that are included in this series pertain to specific topics covered in each week's class.

Financials:

Basic Accounting: Guidance for Beginning Farmers (click on green button below)

Cornell University Sheep Program Budgeting Software

Enterprise Budgets:

Ethan Roland's collection of enterprise budgets (scroll to the bottom of the page and select the orange “Download 'em here” link).

Cornell budgets on vegetable, fruit and cut flowers grown in high tunnels/hoophouses or greenhouses

The Organic Farmer’s Business Handbook: A Complete Guide to Managing Finances, Crops, and Staff – and Making a Profit

Roxbury Farm Harvest Manual

 

Media:

  • Digital Download
  • Web Page

Language:

English

English: Plain Language