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Farm-direct Marketing: Costs and Enterprise Selection

This revision covers how to do a general budget analysis for your farm-direct enterprise. Includes how to identify fixed and variable costs and do a breakeven analysis.

Larry Lev | May 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Farm-direct Marketing: Financial Management

This revision looks at several aspects of a successful farm-direct enterprise, including benefits of good farm financial planning, explanation of important terms used in financial planning, keys to success in financial...

Timothy Delbridge | May 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Farm-direct Marketing: Location and Facilities for On-farm Sales

This revision discusses aspects of good location and facilities for a farm-direct marketing business, including location, site selection, parking, and types of facilities (such as a roadside stand or market or a U-pick operation).

Christy Anderson Brekken | May 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Farm-direct Marketing: Merchandising and Pricing Strategies

This revision discusses the strategies direct marketers use to make sales. It includes making a merchandising plan, display and packaging, customer service, pricing strategies and techniques, and promotional techniques for your farm-direct enterprise.

Larry Lev | May 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Farm-direct Marketing: Personnel Management

This revision includes information on complying with labor laws, ways to find good employees, employee orientation and training, employee policies, and employee management.

Christy Anderson Brekken | May 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Blueberry economics

Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budget on the costs of establishing and producing conventional blueberries in the Willamette Valley.

Mar 2020 | Online resource

Blueberry Economics (Organic)

Oregon Agricultural Enterprise budget on the costs of establishing and producing organic blueberries in the Willamette Valley.

Mar 2020 | Online resource

Idaho AgBiz

Idaho AgBiz is a great website with crop and livestock budgets, regionally specific market information, publications and decision aids. Idaho AgBiz concentrates on Idaho specific agribusiness and farm management information, but could be helpful to other areas of the Pacific NW.

University of Idaho | Mar 2020 | Online resource Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Know What it Costs to Grow

Oregon State University’s Small Farms Program partnered with Oregon Tilth to develop a curriculum aimed at helping growers know their costs and stay in business for long haul.

Laura Masterson | Feb 2020 | Video

A Best-Practices Guide to Open-Air Poultry Slaughter

Oregon poultry producers who meet certain conditions can slaughter chicken, turkey and other birds in an open-air setting. But they still must meet requirements for sanitation, monitoring, recordkeeping and more. These...

Lauren Gwin, Rebecca Thistlethwaite | Jan 2020 | Extension Catalog publication Peer reviewed (Orange level)