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With the acquisition of Taylors Clematis, the online retailer Sarah Raven becomes the largest supplier of clematis plants in the UK ➡️ Read more on 📰 thedirt.news #clematis #companyacquisition #SarahRaven #TaylorsClematis

From size to features to warranties and more, there are a number of factors to consider when choosing a new row mulcher for your operation. Click here to learn how to pick a durable, dependable machine that is best-suited for your vineyard, orchard or farm! https://bit.ly/3SGm1Cb

Look, I'm going to make no apologies for my love of extended analogies. So welcome to Part 2 of how to run your business like a lawn. Or maybe it's how to maintain your lawn like it's a business. I haven't worked that out yet, but I intend to by the time this is #1 best-selling business book. So I'm starting to get some nice green shoots coming through already and I was tempted to take 🌎 Scott Frew and Justin Randles's advice and focus on aeration this weekend, but instead I decided to get into the weeds. Literally. I took out my trust weed puller and set about pulling all the weeds that survived the scalp and have been attempting  to re-establish themselves. The beauty of last week's scalping is these nasties are so much easier to find. Which is really half the benefit of stripping things back, and starting again. In business, most products and processes come about through endless iteration. Even the most meticulously planned projects normally zig-zag in various directions before they reach their end state. And along the way, you tend to keep adding things, but very seldom remove things. Even though changes to scope or purpose maybe made those things redundant along the way. So when you get the opportunity to restart, you'll happen across things that just shouldn't be there so be brutal. Rip out every single weed you come across. Every thing that doesn't get used, that takes too much, that is overly complicated, ditch it. It's easier said than done. It's human nature to think that removing something will upset somebody. And maybe they will be, but these weeds likely contributed to the bloat or inefficiency that made you think you needed to rebuild in the first place. So here's what you might consider doing instead. Just de-prioritise it. Tell yourself you'll put it back, but only once everything you know is really important is done first. I'll bet that weed never makes it back.

BRANDS TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2024 No.4: GREAT LAKES FINESSE Here’s an object lesson in making an acquisition work. You take PRADCO, a giant lure producer that wants to get into a growth market where it admits it’s ‘weak’ (finesse fishing for smallmouth bass). And you add Great Lakes Finesse, a small company with talented tournament anglers that is lighting up that sector. Does PRADCO spend to compete? Crush the little guy? Get it all wrong when it realises it doesn’t have the necessary expertise? Nope. It comes to a sensible arrangement for everybody and creates a new business that combines its producing power with GLF’s specialist knowledge. And what do we have less than a year later? A great new product line ready to set tills ringing. Says GLF’s Dan Miguel: “PRADCO’s world class product capabilities will allow us to release a pile of great products for 2024. We expect to double – if not treble – the SKU count for the brand next year.” Wow. https://bit.ly/495cmOh

Pivot design, durability, features and technology are often what draw customers to choose Zimmatic, but the relationship with their dealer is not to be overlooked. "Truthfully, I mean, that's the big thing – service after the sale," says Kirk Merryweather of Merryweather Cattle & Beef in Valley, Neb. Hear more from Kirk and his dealer, Todd Thompson of FULL Circle FARM Services, in this video.

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The Quilting Bee - In the realm of timeless crafts, The Quilting Bee stands as a testament to the power of community, creativity, and the enduring art of quilting. This age-old tradition has woven its way through generations, bringing together individuals with a shared passion for fabric, patterns, and the soothing rhythm of needle and thread. #quiltingbeehttps://lnkd.in/eVaNaS_4

This might be the deepest rooted story we've ever done! For over 170 years, the Breyer family has been producing homemade maple syrup. The family business spans more than just several generations, it spans multiple families and even 2 states! Join us and Blain's Farm & Fleet (Blain Supply, Inc.) as we uncover their rich history in this episode of Deeper Roots here: https://lnkd.in/gtQdXs38

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