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Welcome to the National Farm Business Management Resource Centre. Below you can browse or search through various resources available to you on anything and everything farm business management. If you have a resource you think would be beneficial to add to this page, please email us at info(at)fmc-gac.com

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Farm Transition – Will and Estate Pre-Planning Tool

It takes mere minutes to complete an assessment. Use it to start a conversation between [...]

New Farm Launch Plan

According to a Kynetec Agriculture and Animal Health study, only 26% of Canada’s farmers have a [...]

Making a Case for Growing New Crops

Plan before you plant- If you’re thinking about growing a new crop, it’s best to [...]

SwiftPlan: Farm Succession Planning

Think succession planning is painful? Think it’s too much to handle? We can help. SwiftPlan [...]

AgPlan

AgPlan is powerful website developed to help rural businesses develop a business plan. AgPlan is [...]

Working Together…”Case Studies Report”

Designed for farm families and their advisors, Working Together follows a farm family in the [...]

Farm Business Planning: Understanding, Preparing & Using

This resource will stimulate better business planning by ranchers and farm managers whether they prepare [...]

Managing the Multi-Generational Family Farm

The material in the book is organized in building blocks, and is best viewed in [...]

Growing Your Farm Profits: Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool

Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP): Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool provides [...]

FarmTransitionGuide.ca

The Farm Transition Toolkit aims to support Canadian farmers through all stages and types of [...]

Mentorship Program Listing

Agricultural Mentorship Programs in Canada Canadian Angus Association Mentorship Program The Mentorship Program has three [...]

Investing in Capital Assets in Agriculture: Analysis & Decision Making

Smart investment strategies can be the linchpin for sustained success and as asset costs continue [...]

Farm Productivity

This resource focuses on productivity for five farm types to ensure the measurements are tailored [...]

Agricultural Business Analyser

The Agricultural Business Analyzer (ABA) is a financial analysis tool designed to aid users to [...]

Farm Financials Toolkit

The Farm Financials Toolkit is designed to help you track and analyze your farm’s financial [...]

Farm Financial Fluency Training Program

In recognition of the need for greater financial literacy amongst Canada’s producers, Farm Management Canada [...]

Building an Effective Farm Management System Guidebook

Farm Management Canada and Wittman Consulting have released the Building an Effective Farm Management System [...]

Working Together…”Case Studies Report”

Designed for farm families and their advisors, Working Together follows a farm family in the [...]

The Knowledge Guide: Best Management Practices of Leading Farmers

The Knowledge Guide is an excellent summary of agri-food best management practices used in Canada. [...]

Ontario Farm Record Book

There is no substitute for using the right tool for the right job. This record [...]

Building Added Value through Farm Diversification

No matter where you farm in Canada, the long-term sustaining of your business is the [...]

A Primer on Agri-Food Marketing: Sector Profiles and Case Studies

This publication is a component of a Marketing Resource Toolkit designed to help producers improve [...]

Farm Business Planning: Understanding, Preparing & Using

This resource will stimulate better business planning by ranchers and farm managers whether they prepare [...]

Farmers Working with Farmers: The Power of Groups

Farmers, throughout their working lives, develop valuable expertise, especially about “what really works” on the [...]

Farm Financial Records: A Guide to Managing For Success

This easy-to-read publication provides an introductory understanding of farm financial records, no matter what type [...]

Growing Your Farm Profits: Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool

Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP): Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool provides [...]

Ag Equipment Calculator

This Payment Calculator can be used to estimate your annual, semiannual, quarterly or monthly payment [...]

Estimating Farm Machinery Costs

The Farm Machinery Custom and Rental Rate Guide (PDF 1.43 MB) can help estimate these costs and [...]

AgriProfits Benchmark Analysis

Annually, the Economics Section works directly with producers to stay informed of crop production costs [...]

Selling Beyond the Farm Gate

Find out if scaling up your sales channel is right for your business by creating [...]

Producers Guidebook to Success

Business planning doesn’t have to be overwhelming. This booklet walks you through how a business [...]

Farm Productivity

This resource focuses on productivity for five farm types to ensure the measurements are tailored [...]

AgPlan

AgPlan is powerful website developed to help rural businesses develop a business plan. AgPlan is [...]

Building an Effective Farm Management System Guidebook

Farm Management Canada and Wittman Consulting have released the Building an Effective Farm Management System [...]

Working Together…”Case Studies Report”

Designed for farm families and their advisors, Working Together follows a farm family in the [...]

The Knowledge Guide: Best Management Practices of Leading Farmers

The Knowledge Guide is an excellent summary of agri-food best management practices used in Canada. [...]

Building Added Value through Farm Diversification

No matter where you farm in Canada, the long-term sustaining of your business is the [...]

A Primer on Agri-Food Marketing: Sector Profiles and Case Studies

This publication is a component of a Marketing Resource Toolkit designed to help producers improve [...]

Farm Business Planning: Understanding, Preparing & Using

This resource will stimulate better business planning by ranchers and farm managers whether they prepare [...]

Farmers Working with Farmers: The Power of Groups

Farmers, throughout their working lives, develop valuable expertise, especially about “what really works” on the [...]

Managing the Multi-Generational Family Farm

The material in the book is organized in building blocks, and is best viewed in [...]

Growing Your Farm Profits: Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool

Growing Your Farm Profits (GYFP): Planning for Business Success Online Farm Business Self-Assessment Tool provides [...]

Farm Transition – Will and Estate Pre-Planning Tool

It takes mere minutes to complete an assessment. Use it to start a conversation between [...]

New Farm Launch Plan

According to a Kynetec Agriculture and Animal Health study, only 26% of Canada’s farmers have a [...]

SwiftPlan: Farm Succession Planning

Think succession planning is painful? Think it’s too much to handle? We can help. SwiftPlan [...]

MNP Farm Transition Assessment Tool

When you take a step back and look at everything you have worked so hard [...]

Working Together…”Case Studies Report”

Designed for farm families and their advisors, Working Together follows a farm family in the [...]

Managing the Multi-Generational Family Farm

The material in the book is organized in building blocks, and is best viewed in [...]

FarmTransitionGuide.ca

The Farm Transition Toolkit aims to support Canadian farmers through all stages and types of [...]

Backswath Management Retirement Calculator

How does the Backswath Management Retirement Calculator work? What are the results? Using the data [...]

Human Resources Booklet

Let’s face it: HR management is a subject many of us find dry and boring. [...]

BC’s Health and Wellness Page for Farmers

Stress is inevitable, especially if you work in an often volatile and unpredictable industry such [...]

Working Together…”Case Studies Report”

Designed for farm families and their advisors, Working Together follows a farm family in the [...]

Farming With Neighbours

The ability to develop and maintain effective, harmonious relationships with neighbours, the government and the [...]

Managing People On Your Farm

This handbook will help you: – to recruit better employees – to supervise, motivate and [...]

Farmers Working with Farmers: The Power of Groups

Farmers, throughout their working lives, develop valuable expertise, especially about “what really works” on the [...]

Managing the Multi-Generational Family Farm

The material in the book is organized in building blocks, and is best viewed in [...]

Creating and Implementing a Human Resource Management Plan

Resource for starting an HR plan, prepared by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. [...]