Score a draft feasibility study against the five factors USDA Rural Development reviewers test — economic, market, technical, financial and management — plus preparer independence. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is stored; the checker runs entirely in your browser.
A USDA feasibility study is reviewed against a consistent set of questions. Most reports that come back with reviewer comments are not wrong — they are incomplete in a predictable way: a market section that never inventories competing supply, projections that do not tie to the market findings, or a preparer whose independence is never established on the page.
This checker walks the five factors and preparer independence, scores the draft, and lists what is missing. For the full framework, see our USDA feasibility study consultants page, or what a USDA feasibility study costs.
Answer each item for the draft in front of you. Yes = documented in the report itself. Partial = mentioned but not evidenced. No = absent or unknown.
The same eighteen tests, laid out as a working matrix: what the reviewer is testing, and the evidence that satisfies it. Download it and use it as a drafting checklist.
Scope of this tool. This checker is a drafting aid prepared by Wert-Berater, Inc. It reflects how the firm organizes the economic, market, technical, financial and management components of a USDA feasibility study, and the independence expected of the preparer. It is not published by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture, it is not legal or regulatory advice, and it does not determine eligibility. Program requirements are set by USDA Rural Development and the applicable regulation, and are administered by the Agency and the lender. Confirm requirements for a specific application with the lender and the Agency.
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