Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan - Town of Liberty

10. Please rate the following challenges on a scale of 1 to 4 with1 being VERY CHALLENGING and 4
being NOT CHALLENGING AT ALL to the future success of your business (circle the appropriate
number).
VERY
NOT CHALLENGING NOT
CHALLENGING
AT ALL APPLICABLE
A. Availability of skilled labor 10 10 4 2 1
B. Property taxes 13 5 8 0 2
C. Rental costs 4 7 6 2 8
D. Fuel cost 12 11 2 0 2
E. Access to adequate financing 3 4 13 4 4
F. Access to marketing or business support 3 7 10 7 1
G. Lack of local consumers/ clients 6 8 9 3 2
H. Machinery costs 4 10 7 3 4
I. Production costs 5 10 7 2 4
J. Other: ____________________________________ 0 0 0 0 1
K. Other: ____________________________________ 0 0 0 0 1
11. Of the above challenges, what are the top three greatest challenges facing you as a businessperson?
1. _____a,b,g,I,d,e_________________________
2. _____b,a,f,d,e,g,i_________________________
3. _____h,I,a,b,g_________________________
12. Please identify which of the following you plan to do, and within which timeframe (please check all that
apply).
Within 1 year … 5 years …10 years or more
Begin a new agri-service operation 0 1 2
Increase your agri-service operation 6 3 0
Decrease your agri-service operation 1 0 2
Stay the same 8 3 2
Transfer the business to a family member 0 3 2
Increase agricultural sales 9 3 0
Decrease agricultural sales 1 1 1
Eliminate agricultural sales 0 1 0
Sign a gas lease 4 1 1
Other, please explain: ________________________ 1 0 1