Organic Farm Business Plan and SWOT Analysis

Organic Farm Business Plan, Marketing Plan, How To Guide, and Funding Directory

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Organic farms are now important part of the American system of providing food to people. The demand for organically raised crops has increased significantly over the past 10 years as more people have greater incomes and can afford the additional expense of eating organic on a day to day basis. As such, a number of forms that deal solely in organic crops have been developed. The barriers to entry for a new organic farm are relatively high given the licensure requirements as well as the amount of startup capital needed. Typically, a new organic form typically has a startup cost ranging from $500,000 to $2 million depending on the acreage of the farm and the types of crops being grown. The gross margins are considered to be relatively high with contribution margins ranging anywhere from 60% to 80% depending on the underlying inputs.

Banks, lenders, and investors typically are willing to place capital with a entrepreneur who is looking to start a new organic farm. The relatively low risks outside of weather and changes in the economic climate allow these businesses to generally remain profitable at all times. An organic farm business plan should include a three-year profit and loss statement, cash flow analysis, balance sheet, breakeven analysis, and business ratios page. Special attention should paid within the business plan to the ways that the organic farm will market its crops to the general public. One of the ways that these companies are often able to remain profitable at all times is by offering form shares to the general public. This substantially increases the revenues of these businesses while concurrently providing a highly predictable stream of revenue for the business on a yearly basis. By front selling all crops to be grown – the risks associated with operating and organic farm decreased substantially.

An organic farm marketing plan should include discussions on how these individual forms will market form shares and the general public as well as retailers that will carry grown vegetables and fruits. Most importantly, many organic farms will have a salesperson or sales agent go to regional supermarkets in order to develop ongoing purchase order relationships. This coupled with the sale of form shares ensures that the owner is able to properly generate the max amount of revenues on a year-to-year basis. Most organic farms also maintain an expansive online presence given that many people want to visit the location in order to make their purchases. This is especially true among organic farms that offer form shares.

The organic farm SWOT analysis discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are commonly faced by these companies. As it relates the strengths, most organic farms are able to remain profitable at all economic climates given the high gross margins generated from crop sales. As it relates to weaknesses, these businesses have extremely high operating costs given that they have not only the expenses relating to maintaining the farm facility but also an expansive payroll to maintain as well. The cost of goods sold can vary greatly depending on the year, demand for certain crops, and the cost of forming inputs. For opportunities, many organic forms will seek to develop an expansive form share program that will ensure that they receive all of their revenues for the Europe font. This greatly reduces the risks of owning and operating organic farm also ensuring that profits are made on a year-to-year basis. As it relates to threats, a massive decline in economic productivity could impact organic farms revenues given that people will not have the same level of income to for this type of food. Usually, and organic farm charges a premium of 10% to 20% over there nonorganic counterparts.