10. AgPlan
AgPlan is a website developed by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Farm Financial Management to help rural businesses develop a business plan. It is free of charge for anyone to use individually or in educational programs and is designed to provide customized assistance to different rural businesses. Each business type has an outline designed specifically for that particular type of business, tips or questions that help you develop each section of the plan, sample business plans, and links to additional resources for each section of the plan. AgPlan is designed to help a business owner work with an educator or consultant while developing a business plan. Owners can give access to their business plans to the reviewers of choice, and AgPlan will facilitate interaction with them. Available at: https://agplan.umn.edu/
11. Ag Transitions
The Ag Transitions website helps farmers & ranchers develop a plan to transition their business to the next generation. On the site, it will help farm operators develop their transition plan, learn what needs to be included in the plan, and use tips and resources. It will help stimulate multi-generational discussions. Users can share the plan with family members, key advisors, and the transition team for feedback and assistance.
Developed by Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota and the resource can be found at https://agtransitions.umn.edu/
12. Health Insurance & Farm Risk Management
This video resource summarizes the recent 2017 USDA study
regarding health insurance and farm operations. It helps set the stage for the importance of health care coverage, health care, risk management, and insurance. Developed by University of Vermont Extension Risk Management Education. It can be found at https://www.hirednag.net/resources-for-farmers.
13. Healthy Farmers, Prosperous Farms
This 6-minute video speaks to the importance of farmer health as it relates to farm vitality and prosperity. It summarizes research findings regarding farmers, access to care, and insurance coverage. Developed by the HIREDnAg project, the video can be found on the hirednag.net website.
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