Thread by @agribusinesszw

Pig farm business (check list)

Marketing
• Choose a business name
• Setup your business telephone number and email address
• Design a logo
• Design business cards
• Design brochure
• Order business cards
• Order a brochure
• Register an internet domain name

• Set up a website
• Register social media profiles
• Ask your social media friends to help spread the word
• Add your new logo to your business social media accounts

Registration
• Decide the legal structure of your business (sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation,

Limited company).
• Register your business
• Apply and register for a tax clearance
• Open a business bank account

Production
• Purchase the main equipment
• Purchase sows of a good breed
• Employ staff to feed the pigs or do it your self
• Rent a place or build your own

Sales
• Decide on your pricing. Which customer will pay what price?
• Make an order form for your customers, so they can pre order your piglets
• Prepare your 30-second pitch. Include 3 reasons why you’re different from your competitors.

• Tell a lot of people about your business!
• Write down the telephone number and details of potential customers
• Visit NGOs that have Agricultural Programs. They might have project where they want to donate piglets to farmers. You could be the (supplier) of those piglets.

Make sure you have nice brochures for those NGOs to look professional.

Financials
• Set up your record keeping
• Create a budget
• Learn how to interpret financial reports

General
• Start generating revenue as soon as possible.
• Find free advice and visit successful farms