Summary Points
• A process map is a description of a method or process of accomplishing a task.
• Process maps can help a farmer understand how the farm and its processes fit together and to see potential areas for improvement.
• Five general areas for improving processes are reducing input use, substituting inputs, increasing productivity, expanding the process, reorganizing the process.
• Enterprise can be competitive with each other, supplementary, or complementary
• Gross margins can be used to select the best mix of enterprises for a farm.
• The gross margin equals gross income minus variable costs.