# Write a farm business plan for a loan or grant application

A lender-ready farm business plan with production, market, and financial sections, flagging every figure you still need to supply.

- Topic: Business Strategy & Startups
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Strategy, Finance, Legal, Write, Plan, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/write-a-farm-business-plan-for-a-loan-or-grant-application

## Prompt

```text
Help me write a farm business plan to support a loan or grant application.

**Lender or funder:** [e.g. "a national agricultural development bank", "a government farm loan program", "a commercial bank"] and their application requirements if I have them
**Country and region:** [LOCATION]
**Farm enterprise:** [crops, livestock, or mixed; organic or conventional]
**Land:** [size, owned or leased, soil, water source and rights, existing infrastructure]
**My experience and team:** [DETAILS]
**Market:** [who will buy - e.g. "local co-op", "processor contract", "farmers markets"]
**Funding requested and use:** [AMOUNT, what it pays for]
**Figures I have:** [costs, yields, prices, existing income]

Draft these sections:
1. Executive summary: the enterprise, the funding request, and how it will be repaid.
2. Farm description: location, land, water, infrastructure, legal structure.
3. Production plan: enterprise selection, planting or stocking calendar, inputs, expected yields, and how I'll manage pests, disease, and animal welfare.
4. Market analysis: buyers, prices, seasonality, and any offtake agreements.
5. Operations and people: equipment, labor, skills, and advisors.
6. Financial plan: startup costs, operating budget, cash flow by month for year one (with seasonal income gaps), 3-5 year projections, break-even, and repayment schedule.
7. Risk management: drought, flooding, price swings, disease, with mitigation and insurance.
8. Sustainability and compliance: permits, water use, environmental rules.

Rules: use only figures I provide; put [ADD FIGURE] or [CONFIRM LOCAL PRICE/YIELD] wherever data is missing. List the attachments lenders usually ask for (title or lease, financial statements, quotes) and suggest I confirm requirements with the funder and an agricultural advisor or accountant.
```

## What to fill in

- LOCATION
- crops, livestock, or mixed; organic or conventional
- DETAILS
- AMOUNT, what it pays for
- costs, yields, prices, existing income
- ADD FIGURE
- CONFIRM LOCAL PRICE/YIELD

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