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Resource Directory
BUSINESS PLANNING
Places:
Farm.doc--Management
The Farm Management section provides information useful
to a variety of farm management decisions, including current cost of production
estimates, machinery, land value and cash rent estimates, machinery cost
estimates and leasing fact sheets.
FBFM
Field Staff Directory
Provides contact information for regions within Illinois.
Illinois
Agricultural Statistics Service
The primary responsibilities of IASS are the development and issuance
of statistics about Illinois Agriculture.
Illinois
Farm Business Farm Management Association
A cooperative educational-service program to assist farmers with management
decision-making.
Illinois
Value-Added Rural Development Center
The mission of the Illinois Value-Added Rural Development
Center (IVARDC) is to improve the incomes of Agricultural producers and
small business owners and expand employment opportunities in rural Illinois
by capturing more value-added in their operations.
Small
Business Administration Illinois
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an
independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and
protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive
enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
People:
Daniel D. Voorhis, Macomb SBDC. Dan is a certified business specialist with the SBDC who has extensive agricultural experience. He can be reached at (618) 536-2424.
John Pike: Extension Educator, Community & Economic Development, ph (618) 453-5563
Darlene Knipe, Extension Educator, Small Business Development, ph (309) 792-2500.
Norma Turok, Extension Educator, Small Business Management, ph (618) 453-5563.
Gary Schnitkey, Associate Professor, Farm Planning, Management, and Decision Making.Other Places:
Bullet
Proof Business Plans
This site
provides a sample business plan that can be used as a guide in developing
your own document.
Rural
Business-Cooperative Service--Business Programs
BP works in partnership with the private sector and the
community-based organizations to provide financial assistance and business
planning.
Food
and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute uses comprehensive
data and computer modeling systems to analyze the complex economic interrelationships
of agricultural production, food, and agribusiness industries.
USDA
Agriculture Fact Book
Downloadable information the U.S. structure of agriculture, the U.S. farm
sector, rural America, rural development, food safety, research ,education,
and economics.
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University
of Illinois Extension
Office of Extension and Outreach
College of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois
University
of Illinois - US Dept of Agriculture - Local Extension Councils Cooperating
University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs
and employment.
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