- Business Resources
- Agritourism
- Bed and Breakfasts
- Business Planning
- Bird Watching
- Conservation Easements
- Corn Mazes
- Cost Share Programs
- Farmers Markets
- Fee Fishing
- Financial Considerations
- Heritage Tourism
- Hunting Leases
- Legal Issues
- Marketing Your Business
- Mushroom Production
- Pine Straw
- Timber Management
- Trail Riding & Nature Trails
- Wildlife Watching
- Wildlife Management
- Backyard Habitat
- Bobwhite Quail
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
- Field Borders
- Louisiana Black Bear
- Mourning Doves
- Nongame Birds
- Tree Squirrels
- Warm Season Grasses
- Waterfowl
- Wetlands
- White-tailed Deer
- Wild Turkey
- Wildlife Foods
- Demonstration Areas
- Ames Plantation
- Charleston Farms
- Dove Fields
- Demonstration Pond
- Holly Springs
- Newton
- Pennington Seed
Business Resources: Financial Considerations
There is much to consider when planning a natural-resource based business. In order to ensure that there will be enough funding for the business, the person starting the business may wish to take out a loan. These publications give information on finding lenders and determining how much financial assistance is needed. Also provided is information on programs that can help fund a business.
These resources have been compiled from various resources and agencies and are provided here for educational purposes only. Please if you find information that needs to be updated, broken links, or if you have an additional resource you feel is pertinent.
- National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (2006) Quick Facts
- National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (2006) Full Report
- National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (2006) Mississippi Only
- Financing Your Natural Resource-Based Enterprise
Mississippi State University Extension Service. The first step to financing a natural resource-based enterprise is finding a lender. This publication lists examples of who to borrow from. It also includes requirements of lenders including writing a business plan and a record of the physical and labor resources entrepreneur has.
- Business Considerations for Private Landowners
Mississippi State University Extension Service. The first step to planning a natural resource enterprise is writing a business plan. Next, determine what physical, financial and labor recourses are available. Marketing, organizational and financial plans are necessary to determine if the business will succeed. - Funding and Assistance Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Alternative Enterprises and Agritourism: Farming for Profit and Sustainability Resource Manual, Chapter 16 (5.96 MB) - Financial Assistance for Businesses
Mississippi Development Authority. Listing of a variety of incentive programs to assist Mississippi businesses in obtaining loans.
Outdoor Recreation & Property Values in MS
Hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation on your property actually increase the property value of your land. Researchers at MSU conducted a survey in 2006 to evaluate sales values of private rural lands that were purchased primarily for recreational uses in Mississippi during 2002-2005. The evaluation was conducted jointly by MSU and the Mississippi Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers and comprised 100 properties totaling approximately 33,000 acres.
Recreational
uses contributed an average increase of $333 per
acre or an increase of 36% in property value.
Property characteristics that increased sales price
were acres of bottomland hardwood forests, mixed
pine-hardwood forests, and wildlife supplemental
food plots. So, when landowners enhance outdoor
recreational opportunities on their properties and
those areas that support wildlife and fish, they
increase the value of their properties and the price
the property might bring if sold. In other words,
hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation
on Mississippi private lands means money in the
pockets of landowners.
Read the full article "Outdoor Recreational Opportunities Increase Property Values in Mississippi"
Mississippi State University • Mississippi State University Extension Service • MSU-ES Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Forest and Wildlife Research Center • Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
