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How to decide when to sell your horticulture business
We have all watched as the clock ticks down in a sports game. Decisions made in the last plays in the last few minutes are critical to the outcome. Procrastination in taking action doesn’t work in sports or in the marketplace of business. Owners of nurseries, garden centers and greenhouses often reach an age when the question of succession looms large.
Boxwood blight strikes Colonial Williamsburg
The Nursery Management Conference took place Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Texas. Over the next week, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of what you missed if you didn’t attend. It’s never too early to start the succession planning process. None of us know the time nor the hour, so make a plan so your business can survive your passing. On Day 2 of the Nursery Management Conference, Gene Redlin and Brian Decker provided several case studies of how to develop a succession plan.
Spotted lanternfly found in Massachusetts
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture An established, breeding population of the invasive pest was detected in the city of Fitchburg. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) announced today that a small population of the invasive spotted lanternfly has been found in the City of Fitchburg, close to where a lanternfly nymph was reported earlier this summer.
Nursery Management Conference: Leap into the future
The Nursery Management Conference took place Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Texas. Over the next week, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of what you missed if you didn’t attend. It’s never too early to start the succession planning process. None of us know the time nor the hour, so make a plan so your business can survive your passing. On Day 2 of the Nursery Management Conference, Gene Redlin and Brian Decker provided several case studies of how to develop a succession plan.
Registration now open for MANTS
The Nursery Management Conference took place Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Texas. Over the next week, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of what you missed if you didn’t attend. It’s never too early to start the succession planning process. None of us know the time nor the hour, so make a plan so your business can survive your passing. On Day 2 of the Nursery Management Conference, Gene Redlin and Brian Decker provided several case studies of how to develop a succession plan.
Nursery Management Conference: planning a succession
Brian Decker speaks about his succession plan at the Nursery Management Conference, Sept. 16, 2021. Matt McClellan What would happen to your business if you were hit by a bus? September 24, 2021 Matt McClellan The Nursery Management Conference took place Sept. 14-16 in Arlington, Texas. Over the next week, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of what you missed if you didn’t attend. It’s never too early to start the succession planning process.
Winter woes
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, if taken together, would rank among the costliest weather-related disasters in U.S. history based on the estimated value of destroyed or damaged property and infrastructure. Moreover, the back-to-back storms in late August and early September have introduced substantial uncertainty into the economy’s near-term outlook.
Purposeful and persistent
Strategy has been the cornerstone of Spring Grove Nursery since Becky and Jamie Thomas planted their first tree 20 years ago. The husband-and-wife team founded the nursery in Mazon, Illinois, after carefully contemplating the size and scope of their newly fledged business. They didn’t enter the nursery industry on a whim. Becky grew up on a corn and soybean farm and Jamie’s family also has roots in farming. The pair both studied horticulture in college.
A look at labor
Graphics from Adobe Stock Your bookkeeper slowly walks into your office on a cold, rainy Monday morning and announces that YOU are suddenly having a cash flow issue. What?? But we had a record year in terms of sales, right? The bookkeeper says, “Right, but only 90% of our customers have paid their balances in full.” Now we have to chase the other 10% so we can meet our own accounts payable obligations. Sound familiar?
Real estate expansion to continue
Graphics from Adobe Stock Your bookkeeper slowly walks into your office on a cold, rainy Monday morning and announces that YOU are suddenly having a cash flow issue. What?? But we had a record year in terms of sales, right? The bookkeeper says, “Right, but only 90% of our customers have paid their balances in full.” Now we have to chase the other 10% so we can meet our own accounts payable obligations. Sound familiar?
More than cash flow
Nursery Management November 2019 Features - 2019 State of the Industry // Business Management Understand the 10 metrics to discover your business’s value. October 29, 2019 © Visual Generation | Adobe Stock There is a mistaken idea that value for a company relies solely on its operating statement to demonstrate positive cash flow. Certainly, that is essential to show the company has value, but how to determine the multiple of that cash flow is where value is developed.
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Graphics from Adobe Stock Your bookkeeper slowly walks into your office on a cold, rainy Monday morning and announces that YOU are suddenly having a cash flow issue. What?? But we had a record year in terms of sales, right? The bookkeeper says, “Right, but only 90% of our customers have paid their balances in full.” Now we have to chase the other 10% so we can meet our own accounts payable obligations. Sound familiar?
J. Berry Nursery adds Scott Sterling and Jim Steger to team
GRAND SALINE, TEXAS —Scott Sterling and Jim Steger have joined the J. Berry Nursery team to provide a smooth door-to-door experience for nurseries, greenhouses, and brokers. Each will ensure the red carpet service that is a hallmark for customers working with J.Berry. Sterling will focus on brand development and plant production partnerships, deepening relationships with current partners and creating opportunities with new ones for all J. Berry plants.
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