Farm Business & Management

Besides growing and selling products, there are many other important aspects to managing a farm business.

Hunter Johnson, Jr., Extension Vegetable Crops Specialist Emeritus, University of California, Riverside The process of selecting a crop which can be grown for profit is one that should be approached with great care.

Etaferahu (Eta) Takele, Area Farm Management Specialist, University of California, Riverside Cost of production is the dollar value of all your inputs for growing a specific crop.

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Determine Your Goals Inventory Your Resources Physical Factors Financial Factors Management Factors Develop a List of Possible Enterprises Determine Which Enterprises Are Compatible With Your Resources Growing Considerations Analyze Compatibility Among Enterprises Partial Listing of Enterprise Possi...

By Karen Klonsky, Extension Specialist, University of California, Davis The cost of borrowed capital is a significant part of most growers' budgets. Producers should shop for loans just as they look for the best price for fertilizer, seed, and all other production inputs.

(The author is Kent D. Olson, Economist, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis; revised by Christie Wyman, Small Farm Center, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis.) Leasing or renting land is important in California agriculture.