Missouri Department of Agriculture

• Exploration and assessment
• Feasibility
• Planning
• Implementation
• Operations

The above links can be viewed and printed as one PDF file: GETTING FROM IDEA TO IMPLEMENTATION
A Checklist For Producers Starting A New Value-Added Agriculture
Business (232kb pdf)

• Conducting market research
• Writing your business plan
• Capitalization
• Management
• Marketing
  • Logo design
• Legal and regulatory issues
  • Coop Securities (pdf)

Find these topics and more at MissouriBusiness.net, a service of the Missouri Business Development Network, an alliance between the Department of Agriculture, Department of Economic Development, University of Missouri Outreach/Extension, and the Small Business Development Centers.

Also see the comprehensive set of business development resources available at Kauffman eVenturing, the Kauffman Center’s website for entrepreneurs. This comprehensive site has information on a variety of business topics, including marketing, management, and capitalization.

• Agritourism
• Alfalfa
• Aquaculture
• Beans and legumes
• Beef
• Bees
• Biodiesel
• Corn
• Cut flowers
• Dairy
• Yogurt
• Cheese
• Elk and bison
• Equine
• Ethanol
• Food products
• Forest products
• Goats
• Pork
• Poultry
• Produce
• Rice
• Sheep
• Sorghum
• Soybeans
• Tobacco

If you can’t find your ag product of interest in the above list, try these additional resources.

• Alliances
• New generation cooperatives
• Community supported agriculture
• Hotel, restaurant and institutional marketing
• Supply chain management
• Distribution systems
• General cooperative and agriculture development resources