developing a business plan for hazelnuts
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Developing a Business Plan for Hazelnuts: A Hands-on “How to” 3rd Annual Hazelnut Symposium March 29, 2012, Brantford, Ontario Elliott Currie, University of Guelph
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Agenda
� Business Plans, types and purposes � Basic components � Hot Buttons � Financial Results � Summary
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Business Plans
� Who is reading it? ◦ Investors, ◦ Creditors ◦ Management/operators ◦ Owners
� Then what is the purpose? ◦ Make money ◦ Safety ◦ Procedures
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Components � Start with the product/service & benefits � Market and details ◦ Customers ◦ Competition ◦ Strategy � Place � Promotion � Price ◦ Value Chain ◦ Forecasts
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Further Components
� Operations ◦ Technical details ◦ Timing
� HR Management ◦ What tasks ◦ Skills ◦ Who
� Financial Plan ◦ Short term and forecast to long term
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Hot Buttons
� Investors, Return � Creditors, Security and Payback � Owner/Managers, working plan � Owners, get in and out, achieve goals
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Financial View of Hazelnuts
� Goal – Financial feasibility of growing Hazelnuts in Ontario
� Reviewing other production operations in North America
� Some Ontario data….. � Input from Ferrero regarding volumes and
quality � World data
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Assumptions
� World Price $1.50 per pound � Labour @ $15 per hour � Land Prices $3000 per acre, � Trees @$14 � WACC 5.38% before tax, too low � 10% After Tax or 12.5% before tax � Incorporated SB Deductions 2011 rates � No viable crop till year 4
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Initial Inputs
� Equipment, $41,400 and $55,000 year 4 � Land $30,000 � Trees $37,520 � 38 hours of labour/acre/year - $570/acre � Harvest $125/acre/year ◦ 1 ½ days for 10 acres
� Ignored opportunity for intercropping
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Financial Results � Year 4 $2,545 ◦ 169.6 pounds per acre
� Year 11 full production at $39,242 ◦ 2,616 pounds per acre
� COP ◦ year 4 = $11.03/lb. ◦ Year 11 = $0.715/lb.
� Year 6 cash flow = $5,796 for 10 acres � Year 11 cash flow = $30,172 for 10 acres � cop.xls
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Revenue
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$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
$45,000
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Total Revenues
Total Revenues
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Cash Flow Before Income Tax
$(120,000)
$(100,000)
$(80,000)
$(60,000)
$(40,000)
$(20,000)
$-
$20,000
$40,000
$60,000
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Net Cash Flow
Net Cash Flow
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Summary & Conclusions
� Plan at least to communicate � Remember who is the audience � Financially - borderline, as an accountant � But open to management � Need to collaborate on harvest � Need the Rest of the Value Chain � Need to revisit regularly
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Thank you
� Any Questions