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Dairy - Business and Marketing

On this page Ontario dairy producers will find business and financial information including markets and marketing systems, computer management tools, and organic dairy production as well as information on the Growing Forward program.

Growing Forward is designed to help producers improve their business planning. The Business Development for Farm Businesses program incorporates self-assessment and action plan development with a range of cost-share advisory services and skills development opportunities to help producers reach their farm business goals. More Information

Business-tools to help with planning and business management

• Agricultural Business Management
• Canada's Dairy Industry at a Glance
• Business Analysis & Planning
• By the Numbers - A Close Look at Key Factors that can Affect Your Farm's Bottom Line
• Challenges and Trends in the Dairy Industry
• Crop Budgets
• Dairy Enterprise Budget
• Dairy Enterprise Budget (in Excel)
• Dairy Farm Wage Rates
• Decision-Making Tools
• Functional Foods
• Grazing for Dollars
• Ontario Dairy Farm Accounting Project - Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Pasture Profitability - Putting your cows on grass offers a money-making alternative
• Principal and Interest Required per Litre to Repay Quota Loan
• Profit By Numbers
• Program for Expansion
• Recruitment and Retention of Employees
• Simple Records Ensure Effectiveness of NLID Program
• Statistics of the Canadian Dairy Industry
• Taxation on the Sale of Farm Business Assets (08-047)
• Taxation on the Transfer of Farm Business Assets to Family Members (09-015)
• The Cost of Raising Replacement Dairy Heifers (PDF)
• The Sharper Pencil-Examine Your Operating Expenses

• Capital Investment Analyser
• Dairy Expansion Workbook
• Hay Cost of Production Worksheet
• OMAFRA Loan Calculator
• Animal Density Maps for Canada - University of Manitoba

Markets and Marketing Systems

• Alberta Milk
• British Columbia Milk Marketing Board
• Canadian Dairy Commission
• Dairy Farmers of Canada
• Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Dairy Farmers of Nova Scotia
• Manitoba Milk Producers
• Milk Act Regulations
• The Ontario Milk Act

Organic Dairy Production

• Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada
• Organic Dairy Production (10-087) (PDF)
• Organic Livestock

Last Reviewed: March 14, 2011