Practical guide to the development of business plans in agriculture (crop production).
Contains methodological recommendations of the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation and the Russian agricultural Bank on business planning in agribusiness.
It is intended for economists, financiers, and specialists in the agricultural and banking fields. The manual will also be useful for students of higher educational institutions, colleges and technical schools.

Content
Section I. Guidelines for developing a business plan in a plant-growing enterprise 3
1. Functions, content and terms of implementation of the business plan 3
1.1. Recommendations of the Ministry of economy of Russia on the structure of the business plan 4
1.2. Recommendations of JSC "Rosselkhoznadzor" on the structure of the business plan 5
1.3. Recommendations of ROSAGROLEASING on the structure of the business plan 6
2. Methodology for developing a business plan 7
2.1. Title page, abstract, table of contents, introduction 7
2.2. project Summary 8
2.3. Characteristics of the project initiator 9
2.4. Characteristics of goods and services 10
2.5. product sales Markets 11
2.6. Competition and other external factors 12
2.7. marketing Strategy 14
2.8. Production plan 16
2.8.1. Planning of production volumes and output of commercial products 17
2.8.2. Calculating the need for fixed assets 19
2.8.3. Staff and wages 20
2.8.4. resource Requirements 22
2.8.5. calculating the cost of production 26
2.8.6. Calculation of profit from sales of products 29
2.9. Organizational plan 30
2.10. Legal issues of project implementation 31
2.11. Risk assessment 31
2.11.1. The discount rate 32
2.12. Financial plan 33
2.12.1. Planning the main financial indicators 33
2.12.2. Commercial performance of the project 40
2.13. financing Strategy 45
Section II. Preparation of a business plan on the example of a plant-growing enterprise 47