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.NAFDMA NEWS
Financial Tools For Business Owners Webinar Series
Presented by Steve Kluemper
 December 8, 2020
Clarifying Competitive Strengths To Achieve Success And Maximize Return On Assets
Why are you in business? There are returns that you want from being in business. Some are personal. Some are strategic. Some are financial. How do you measure these returns to set goals and assess your level of success? What does success look like for you? What are the competitive assets and strengths of your business that are going to generate these returns? How do you maximize returns on these assets and strengths?
In this webinar, Steve will help you answer these questions and walk you through a tool that you can use to measure and maximize your return on assets and as a framework for other returns.
January 12, 2021
Communicating Your Sense Of Direction With A Business Plan
What does your business do? Who asks this question? Who needs to know? How do you communicate with them? What should your business do? What could your business do? What is your vision and sense of direction for your business? How do you gather insights into these questions from others and share your own insights with them?
In this webinar, Steve will help you answer these questions and walk you through a business plan tool that you can use to communicate your sense of direction.
February 16, 2021
Cash Is King When Committing To Annual Budgets
How does your business succeed? What are the ingredients for success besides king cash? Why is budgeting your cash sources and needs so important? How can you comfortably make commitments on behalf of your business that will be successful? What are the key components of an annual budget and how does it help achieve success for your business?
In this webinar, Steve will help you answer these questions and walk you through an annual budget tool that you can use to help make your business successful.
Steve Kluemper founded AgriStrategies LLC to assist agricultural producers, processors and suppliers across the U.S. with their financial management and vision by helping them facilitate discussions with lenders, vendors and investors, analyze decisions that need to be made, use independent perspectives to run their business, communicate their vision for their company's future and manage their business and especially their finances, all in an effort to improve their cash flow and profitability. He has 30 years of experience bringing financial solutions to all types and sizes of agricultural companies across the United States. Steve grew up on a farm in Indiana, graduated from Purdue University with degrees in Agricultural Economics and a Food and Agribusiness MBA and now lives in East Lansing, MI with his wife, Heather and 4 sons.
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Registration NOW OPEN for NAFDMA's 2021 Virtual Summit, February 4-6
NAFDMA's 2021 Virtual Agritourism Summit offers three days of engaging programming including fourteen educational sessions, five immersive farm tours, a virtual trade show and many opportunities to keep attendees connected with one another throughout the experience.
The Virtual Agritourism Summit is a one-time only streaming event, so please plan your schedule accordingly as the event will not be rebroadcast.
For over 35 years NAFDMA has hosted a live annual convention revered by the agritourism industry, and we now take great pride in our ability to translate the value of education, networking and camaraderie into this virtual platform.
Join us Feb. 4-6, 2021 starting at 11am ET/8am PT each day. Learn more and register here.
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Honeywell invents and manufactures technologies to address some of the world’s toughest challenges initiated by revolutionary macrotrends in science, technology and society. A Fortune 100 company, we create solutions to improve the quality of life of people around the globe: generating clean, healthy energy – and using it more efficiently. Increasing our safety and security.
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Family owned Valley Road Woodworks manufactures all
types of wagons and tricycles, even ones for adults! They are
heavy-duty and low maintenance, and will give your farm and
customers years of enjoyment. The wagons and trikes are
especially useful and popular at pick-your-own farms!
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Supplier Spotlight
NAFDMA
 Country Home Creations
How they got started
Founder and owner Shirley Kautman-Jones began the company in 1980 as a small basement operation. A natural in the kitchen, Kautman-Jones would share recipes and spice blends with her coworkers to help them create easy and delicious meals. Her spice blends and accompanying recipes were an instant hit with her coworkers. Recognizing that people were searching for ways to make simple gourmet meals at home, Kautman-Jones began to sell her spice blends at local markets and fairs, and Country Home Creations started its journey.
Quality ingredients
Since the 1980s, Country Home Creations has grown into an industry leader that is constantly working to make gourmet meals fun and easy for the everyday home cook. Importantly, we've kept our commitment to quality and still handcraft our mixes. Shirley still hand-selects the highest quality ingredients possible, from herbs and spices to fruits and vegetables. From start to finish, each mix receives the kind of attention to quality and detail that is only available from a small business like Country Home Creations.
Superior service
We're still committed to making quality products and providing service and tools to help retailers increase their bottom line. Country Home Creations products can be found at hundreds of retailers across the country and internationally. From farm markets and orchards to small gift boutiques and gourmet food shops, many businesses have found success with Country Home Creations. As the original dip mix company, we strive to stay on top of our game and be a proactive resource for small business owners.
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.INDUSTRY HEADLINES
Agritourism after its first season of Covid
Lancaster Farming
Like everything this year, the fall agritourism season was different. Farms that usually host hundreds or thousands of people at a time at their pumpkin patches, corn mazes and fall festivals, were left to decide how to navigate business during the the COVID-19 pandemic and all the safety protocols that come with it.
"We did not know what to expect this season," said Mary Wood, who owns and operates Forrest Hall Farm in Mechanicsville, Maryland, with her husband, Joe, and their family.
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A different year for agritourism
AgriNews
Agritourism spots across the country adapted in light of COVID-19 concerns.
The International Agritourism Association hosted a roundtable discussion to share stories, ideas and resources for farms.
Debbie Patton, co-owner of Lynd Fruit Farm in Pataskala, Ohio, was one of three farmers who shared their stories.
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Initiative expanding use of specialty crops in state-made drinks
Charleston Gazette-Mail
West Virginia's burgeoning craft beverage industry is getting a boost from a new Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) initiative to expand the use of specialty crops in state-made drinks.
"The number of craft beverage producers in West Virginia has nearly tripled since 2014," said Bill Woodrum, director of entrepreneurship and agricultural programs at RCBI. "We want to help residents capitalize on this momentum and connect them to local sources for their ingredients."
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Extension: Christmas tree demand is pandemic-proof
MSU Extension Service via The Vicksburg Post
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted countless traditions in 2020, but it will not keep living rooms across Mississippi from featuring Christmas decor, nor will it deter customer demand for fresh trees.
In fact, business is booming at farms that have opened for the season, said Southern Christmas Tree Association President Michael May.
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Oregon wineries get creative, expand e-commerce amid statewide coronavirus restrictions
KATU-TV
The wine tourism industry typically brings $18 million to the state of Oregon each year, and the Thanksgiving weekend is a big part of that.
However, with the holiday falling within the Oregon's coronavirus freeze, wineries are having to get creative this year.
Durant at Red Ridge Farms was busy preparing the property for Thanksgiving by pouring money into a new tasting lodge and made sure everything followed coronavirus regulations.
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Christmas tree farms expecting boost in business this season
Dayton Daily News
Several area Christmas tree farm owners say they are already worried about running out of trees this year.
Retailers are already reporting demand for Christmas decorations is up this year. But the tree farmers said that the demand tied with the supply is making it a struggle to keep Christmas trees in stock.
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Baja beer route: 70 artisanal breweries to visit in Baja California
Mexico News Daily
Wine routes guiding tourists from vineyard to vineyard are already popular in various Mexican states as a tourism booster, but in Baja California tourism officials have gone their own way, creating a "beer route" that spotlights the state's microbreweries and artisanal beer culture.
Once an underground network of hobbyist beer makers sharing their products only within a close inner circle of friends and family, craft beer in Baja California has bloomed into a multimillion-dollar industry, one that state tourism officials have recognized as a growing economic powerhouse and a tourism magnet.
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