Would you like to run your own agricultural business or take your present agribusiness to a higher level? This guidebook, available free for you to download, will help lead you in the right direction to properly manage your agribusiness.
Hawaii Agribusiness Guidebook (entire document)
Accounting and Taxes - takes you through basic bookkeeping, determining your cost of production, tracking cash flow, and preparing financial statements so that you may make informed production and business decisions, and submitting financial filings required by the government.
- Basic Bookkeeping
- Cost of Production
- Hawaii Business and Tax Filings
- Cash Flow
- Outsourcing the Back Office
- Basic Management Via Financial Statements
Marketing - covers identifying and becoming familiar with your target markets, positioning and branding your company, products, or services to your markets, and adjusting your marketing mix to appeal to your target markets.
- Target Markets
- Positioning & Branding
- The Marketig Mix
Regulations - deals with permitting, licensing, certification, and zoning requirements; conservation planning; insurance and labor requirements; food safety on the farm; and structuring and registering your agribusiness.
- Permitting, Licensing, Certifications and Zoning Requirements
- Conservation Planning
- On-farm Food Safety
- Business Structure and Registration
- Business & Crop Insurance
- Labor Law Requirements
Other Lessons - covers such topics as distributing your products locally or exporting your products; obtaining loans and other financing; and provides a listing of various organizations that offer services to agricultural entrepreneurs.
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Borrowing Money for your Business
- Acquiring Grant Support
- Distributing Your Product Within Hawaii
- Exporting off Oahu
- You are not Alone!!