Who we are
Wert-Berater, Inc. has prepared independent feasibility studies for lenders, certified development companies, and federal agencies since 1998 — more than four thousand engagements representing $40.2 billion in evaluated project value across all fifty states and international assignments. Our fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the agency, never to the sponsor’s optimism: fees are fixed, quoted up front, never contingent on findings, and a determination is never changed under pressure.
What we do
Hatcheries sell biology's earliest stage — eggs, fry, fingerlings, oyster seed, clam spat — to grow-out farms, stocking programs, and restoration projects, and the demand analysis is a census of those buyers within shipping range. The study documents broodstock sourcing and genetics, validates larval-survival assumptions against the species' hatchery literature, and builds the revenue case from committed and pipeline orders, since seedstock is sold forward and the order book is the market study.
How we do it
Production modeling at survival rates the literature supports rather than the optimum, seasonal cash-flow at the hatchery's actual production calendar, water-quality and biosecurity systems reviewed as the core technical assets, and customer-concentration analysis — a hatchery serving two grow-out farms carries both their credits.
How we can help you
Hatcheries serving rural aquaculture fit USDA frameworks naturally; stocking and conservation demand adds public-agency revenue with its own procurement rhythm; SBA structures serve integrated hatchery-to-grow-out operations. Hatchery work applies the firm's standing nursery-to-production analysis used across agricultural engagements where seedstock economics gate the operation above them.
How to engage us
Standard delivery is 10 to 15 business days from complete project data. Rush delivery for deals already in underwriting is accepted case by case for an additional fixed fee, quoted up front and committed in writing. Engagements are typically initiated by the borrower, with lender or CDC confirmation obtained before work begins — institutions differ, so confirm the procedure with your lending contact.