February 4, 2012
Kutztown SBDC: Agribusiness Consulting
Based on years of assisting the PA Department of Agriculture and consulting with numerous food producers on a wide variety of concerns, the Kutztown University SBDC is prepared to help agribusinesses in our service territory with the many challenges facing processors.
Kutztown University SBDC Agribusiness Tools:
Check List for Start-up Ag Processors
Web Resources for Agribusiness
Pennsylvania food and agricultural processors can access the following services and assistance:
• Expand markets
• Develop new distributors
• Understand consumption trends
• Research new products & competition
• Review product pricing & profitability
• Explore export markets
• Assist in setting up an advisory board
• Help prepare you for an angel or venture capital presentation
• Create marketing and strategic plans
• Analyze your website
• Network with production assistance
• Form focus groups for customer input and taste testing
• Understand food service distribution and pricing dynamics
• Researching relevant national and regional food shows
• Accessing grants for exporting and public sector financing for plant expansion
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SBDC Spotlight
David Lucas
Lucas Lane, Inc.
Lucas Lane Inc. is a working veal farm and an oil filter recycling facility. Oil filters of all sizes, from lawnmowers to locomotives find their way to this pastoral setting, where David Lucas and his family recycle them for scrap steel and waste oil. With help from the KU SBDC, Lucas Lane Inc. has grown to servicing a 60-mile radius of Reading, and has landed a contract with the National Guard. Read More
