Pig Farm Business Plan, Marketing Plan, How To Guide, and Funding Directory
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Pork products remain popular in the economic climate given that these are low-cost forms of protein. As such, pig farms tend to do very well in any economic climate given the continued and ongoing demand for pork and pig related products on an ongoing basis. One of the common trends within this industry is to develop more humane methods for raising and slaughtering pigs and hogs. This is one of the trends and needs to be made aware of by the potential owner-operator given that more and more regulations are being introduced as relates to a pig farm. These businesses typically have high barriers to entry given the substantial upfront startup costs associated with a pig farm. Generally, these businesses typically have startup costs range anywhere from $1 million to $5 million depending on the location and the initial size of the hog farming facility.
However, these costs can be much more substantial if the entrepreneur is looking to establish a much more expansive pig farm from the onset populations. The gross margins generated from the sale of products typically generates 20% to 30% gross margins. While these gross margins are considered to be moderate, most pig farms do very well given the substantial amount of revenue that is generated on a monthly basis from purchase orders. One of the nice things about owning and operating a pig farm is that there was always a continued demand among wholesale food distributors as well as meat processors that often have ongoing and standing purchase order relationships with these companies so that the revenue generated can be highly predictable. As this is a commodity focused business – swaps, options, and other financial instruments can be acquired in order to hedge against the value of the underlying pork products.
Given the economic stability and large tangible asset base of these businesses – almost all financial institutions and private investors are willing to put up the necessary capital in order to launch this type of business. Of course, a pig farm business plan is going to be required and this document should feature a three-year profit and loss statement, cash flow analysis, balance sheet, breakeven analysis, and business ratios page that features information specific for a hog farming business. As it relates to industry research, pig farms generally in excess of $20 billion per year among the 30,000 businesses that are actively engaged within this market. The industry employs over 70,000 people and payrolls in each of the last five years have exceeded $3 billion. The growth of this industry is expected to remain on with that of the general economy with industry revenues increasing by 2% to 3% per year. An economic recession should not have any impact on a pig farm’s ability to continually expand operations given the low cost associated with pork products.
As it relates to the demographic profile that needs to be included within the business plan, this can be somewhat minimal given that it’s going to primarily be food wholesalers, slaughterhouses, meat packaging businesses, supermarkets, and related entities that are going to be making purchases of hogs and pork products. However, it should be noted that an examination of the annual revenues, annual profits, number of employees on staff, and the scope in which these businesses operate should be included as it relates to developing a marketing campaign that will allow the business to generate highly predictable streams of revenue on a monthly basis from purchase orders.
A pig farm marketing plan should be developed as well. It should be immediately noted that in some instances, conforms to allow individuals to make smaller purchases especially among people that have an interest in sourcing their food locally. If this is going to the case for this pig farm that an online presence should be developed so that the individuals who want to participate in food co-ops or direct purchase of hogs can immediately find the business quickly. This website should showcase the pig farming facility, hours of operation, pricing as relates to whole hogs as well as for specific products, and the sustainable and potentially organic practices that are used in conjunction with the hog farming operation. This website should be listed among all major search engines including Google, Bing, and Yahoo.
Pertaining to sourcing potential local customers, a presence on social media is also important. Given that platforms like FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, and related websites now maintain community profiles and forums. As many people now ask for recommendations via social media channels, a presence on these platforms can substituent substantially boost the revenues of this business on an ongoing basis. However, the total need for a significant presence on social media is somewhat low. This can simply just be by maintaining one page that allows individuals to understand what is being provided and at what cost.
As it relates to marketing to purchase order customers, this can be done relatively easy by simply distributing print advertisements as well as directly contacting companies that are continually sourcing new vendors for their produced pork products. Once these purchase order relationships are developed then far less effort can be allocated towards marketing. However, if the business is going to engage in packaging and distribution of supermarkets that a much more expensive marketing campaign may need to be developed given that oftentimes these businesses will brand their products with the pig farms corporate name. This is especially true if the business is going to be engaging in organic pig farming and wants to make sure that customers are aware of the businesses practices. As such, a marketing consultant may be hired in order to properly develop and position the pig farm’s marketing message to the general public. While a marketing consultant can be an expense the results can be significant if this is done correctly.
A pig farm SWOT analysis should be produced as well. This document focuses on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are normally faced by pig farms hog farms. As it relates to strengths, these businesses are able to generate significant revenues on a monthly basis from raising and selling live pigs as well as pork products to wholesalers as well as the general public. While the gross margins are considered to be moderately low the ongoing demand for these products does not decline. As such, pig farms are generally able to remain profitable and cash flow positive in any economic climate. The barriers to entry are moderately high given the high start up costs and expensive ongoing operating costs that are associated with these businesses.
For weaknesses, sustainable farming practices are expensive to maintain and many more consumers are demanding that the businesses from which they purchased meat engage in these types of practices. As such, this may contribute to a significantly higher upfront startup cost as well as higher ongoing operating costs. However, this can be a strong investment for a new pig farm given that they will be able to market themselves as an organic and sustainable business. Competition within this market is also significant. However, there is a continued and ongoing demand within the United States and abroad for pork products. As such, the current demand currently is exceeding the supply available.
As it relates to opportunities, one of the ways that the farms often expand their operations is by simply developing secondary locations so that additional hogs can be raised on an ongoing basis. Additionally, and as discussed above – these businesses will often take to selling a portion of their produced pork products to the general public correctly. This is especially true among businesses that maintain organic farming practices as individuals who purchased directly from farms are looking to source their food locally or regionally with a focus on sustainable business practices. These sales usually generate higher gross margins.
For threats, ongoing changes to regulation can impact the way that these businesses conduct their operations on an ongoing basis. However, these regulations are generally easy to follow once they have been approved by the federal and state governments. One of the things that may impact hog farms and take farms moving forward is an ecologically these businesses do have to engage in a number of strategies in order to minimize their footprint. In time, this may become law and may contribute to a much higher and much more complicated operating cost infrastructure as it relates to raising and selling pigs for pork production.
Pig farms can be highly lucrative farming businesses given that the operator has an extensive amount of experience with livestock businesses. The high start up costs, high operating costs, and ongoing complexities provides an established business with a significant amount of barriers to entry so that competition is kept to a moderate level. One of the things that the entrepreneur that is looking to start this business needs to be aware of is how technology will change the way that farming is done moving forward. More and more aspects of farming are becoming automated, and as such – the owner of the pig farm needs be able to integrate new technology into the farming practices in order to remain price competitive.