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Agribusiness Management
We help you formulate and implement strategies that employ your businesses’ physical and capital resources for the highest net return.
We appreciate that running a successful farming business isn’t just about production; it’s also about protecting operating margins and capitalizing on opportunities that increase the viability of your operation in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
Production and Financial Analyses
Gowans’ combined team expertise allows us to perform a detailed analysis of your business to identify both production and financial constraints to greater profitability. This includes an in-depth look at your current production levels and costs, sales opportunities, and sources of capital. We’ll benchmark your operation’s current output and profitability levels against similar enterprises and help you implement measures to make your business more competitive.
Margin Risk Management
We help you make more informed decisions on protecting and enhancing your gross margin by providing:
• Current information on feed commodity prices, and ongoing assistance in obtaining a competitively priced supply.
• Monthly market reports on feed ingredient supply and price trends, and recommendations on forward pricing of supplies.
• Updated regional databases on historical, current and forecasted feed ingredient and slaughter animal prices and resulting gross margins.
• Models tailored to your operation which provide a risk assessment of forecasted gross margins, together with recommended market positions.
• Current information on feed commodity prices, and ongoing assistance in obtaining a competitively priced supply.
• Monthly market reports on feed ingredient supply and price trends, and recommendations on forward pricing of supplies.
• Updated regional databases on historical, current and forecasted feed ingredient and slaughter animal prices and resulting gross margins.
• Models tailored to your operation which provide a risk assessment of forecasted gross margins, together with recommended market positions.
Business Plan Development and Implementation
Our detailed understanding of the animal production process enhances our ability to deliver comprehensive support services for improving the competitiveness of your business. Whether it entails a financial investment to expand your production base or to improve your current production efficiency, our team has the tools to assist you. We conduct feasibility studies and prepare detailed business plans and partial budgets to support financing applications. We’ll also provide support throughout the implementation of your project by guiding you to qualified project resources and assisting in your marketing plan.
