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name: al-262-check-whether-a-new-crop-or-farm-venture-will-work-on-you
description: "Switching to a new crop or adding a farm product is a big bet, and many small growers have no agronomist or mentor to check the numbers first. An AI assistant can compare your soil, climate and water with what the crop needs, calculate seed or planting material for your plot, and draft an investment budget with the risks spelled out, so you know what to verify with local experts. Google's Oct 20, 2026 announcement of new Gemini tools for small businesses featured farmer Santosh Jadhav in Maharashtra, India, who used Gemini as a virtual agronomist to evaluate soil suitability, calculate precise seed requirements and draft an investment budget for a new ginger farm. Use when the user wants help with new venture feasibility (business strategy) for a small business."
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# Check whether a new crop or farm venture will work on your land, with seed amounts and a startup budget

Switching to a new crop or adding a farm product is a big bet, and many small growers have no agronomist or mentor to check the numbers first. An AI assistant can compare your soil, climate and water with what the crop needs, calculate seed or planting material for your plot, and draft an investment budget with the risks spelled out, so you know what to verify with local experts. Google's Oct 20, 2026 announcement of new Gemini tools for small businesses featured farmer Santosh Jadhav in Maharashtra, India, who used Gemini as a virtual agronomist to evaluate soil suitability, calculate precise seed requirements and draft an investment budget for a new ginger farm.

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- Crop, e.g. ginger
- Region, rainfall, temperature range
- Size in acres/hectares, slope, drainage
- A soil test if you have one: pH, organic matter, N-P-K, texture; or…
- Irrigation source and reliability
- Amount and currency
- What I grow now

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

Help me decide whether to grow [crop, e.g. ginger] on my land. My details: Location and climate: [region, rainfall, temperature range]. Land: [size in acres/hectares, slope, drainage]. Soil: [paste a soil test if you have one: pH, organic matter, N-P-K, texture; or describe it]. Water: [irrigation source and reliability]. Budget available: [amount and currency]. Experience: [what I grow now]. Do this: 1) Compare my soil, climate and water with what this crop needs, and give a fit rating (good / possible with changes / poor) with reasons. 2) List the changes needed (e.g. lime, raised beds, mulch, drip lines) and their rough cost. 3) Calculate seed or planting material needed for my plot, with spacing and the formula you used. 4) Draft a first-season budget: land prep, seed, fertilizer, labor, irrigation, pest control, harvest and transport, plus expected yield range and price range, giving low, likely and high cases. 5) List the top 5 risks and how to reduce each. 6) List what I must confirm with my local agriculture office or extension officer before spending money. Show all assumptions and mark anything you're unsure of.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Read and edit the draft before it reaches a customer or goes public. If you later automate this prompt, start with "draft and notify me", not "send automatically".
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google Sheets, Excel
- Based on this real-world example: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/new-tools-small-business-owners/
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-262-check-whether-a-new-crop-or-farm-venture-will-work-on-your-l/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/