Best Practices Suite
Business Development for Farm Businesses
Advanced Business Planning
Advanced Business Planning services are available on a cost-share basis
to help meet the business planning needs specified in the Action Plan.
You may work with an Advanced Planning Consultant to focus on business
management goals such as succession, marketing, diversification, expansion
and/or feasibility plans.
Eligible farm businesses may receive cost-share funding for up to 50
per cent to a maximum of $8,000 per plan. Three separate plans may be
completed to a maximum of $20,000.
Eligible costs are items that support the advanced business planning
needs specified in the Action Plan.
New Farmers
New farmers may access - Advanced Business Planning
Cost-share is 75 per cent to a maximum of $20,000. Up to three separate
projects may be completed with a maximum cost per project of $12,000.
*A new farmer is defined as a producer that has had no farming
income two and three years prior to the year of enrollment in the Business
Development for Farm Business Program. Farming income in the year prior
to enrollment is permitted.
Choosing an Advanced Business Planning Consultant
There are resources to help find a consultant:
- Ask friends and neighbours about advisors they have worked with.
- OMAFRA Factsheet 09-033 PDF Version (266
kb) Choosing a Business Consultant
A list of specialized planning consultants can be found at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/busdev/farmfamadv-advanced.htm
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