Charles Hoyt Company is an agricultural management consulting firm with offices in Fresno, California. The firm specializes in strategic management and financial assistance to agricultural based companies throughout the western United States with sales from $10MM to $500MM. This work is based on the "hands on" experience of knowledge, skill and judgment that has been gained from the day-to-day operations of numerous agricultural businesses. The firm has worked with most of the major commodity, fruit and vegetable crops in the western United States. Recent assignments have included the financial management of a large scale farming company, management assistance to industry leading food processor, major financial workout and debt restructure involving over $100MM in assets, management of a significant family farm asset separation and processing factory startup planning. Other specific areas of involvement have included the following:

* Significant and substantial experience with “Special Asset, Classified or Loan Adjustment Group” banking situations
* Operational viability plan development
* Management of lender relationships
* Reorganizing accounting and management information
* Complete budget development
* Short term and long term loan acquisitions
* Working capital restructuring
* Interim general management
* Asset acquisition analysis
* Equipment, facility and land liquidation management
* Product margin analysis and product manufacturing strategy
* Customer and competitor analysis
* Personnel acquisition and training
* Feasibility studies
* Assistance in acquiring use permits for agricultural facilities
* General crisis control