incasl NEWARK, DE The new year offers the chance of a clean slate in terms of farm management practices. But an important first step, strategic planning, is often hard to take. “Planning is important for any business,” says Jay Windsor, Uni versity of Delaware Sussex Coun ty Extension agricultural agent. “But it’s often the hardest job we have. The very act of planning can be unsettling. It forces us to face the fact that the goals we have in mind may not be realistic.” To help farmers improve farm financial management, including strategic planning, county Exten sion offices in Delaware have available a series of video tapes that cover the principles of farm management in easy-to understand, step-by-step format. Windsor says the video tapes, originally produced by Coopera tive Extension in the Mid-West, are based on sound practices that Limousin Feeder Calf Directory Lists More Than 109,000 DENVER, CO. 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First ask yourself if you are in the right business. Second, what are your goals? What does it really cost you to produce your crop? Will interest rates go up or down? Will land value increase? These questions have a real impact on your future. Windsor says strategic planning calves are available, name and address of the owner, and the per centage of Limousin blood. The directory is available at no charge to feedlots, order buyers or any interested person wishing to purchase Limousin feeder cattle. Also, if you would like your Limousin feeder cattle listed, con tact the North American Limousin Foundation, P.O. Box 16767, Denver, Co., 80216 or call 303/296-8835. HARDY OUTSIDE WOOD FURNACE HEATS YOUR HOME AND YOUR involves seven steps and related questions. 1. Identify your goals. What do you wish to accomplish? 2. Inventory your resources. What do you have to work with? 3. Analyze your business per formance. What have you done in the past? 4. Assess the future environ ment. What would you like to do? 5. Decide on a plan. What will you do? 6. Implement the plan. How will you get to your goal? 7. Evaluate your plan. Is it working? ups| IS umr*\ WE Parts For: HI David Brown SEHL TRAILERS SUNFLOWER am ranvio ("BETTER BiLT") RuSEZ And Much More! byMhara Tobacco Compan We would like to have you as our customer. We are paying $1.33 for middles, tops & bottoms and paying top prices for outgrades. You can compare our average price with any of the other companies or the auction & you’ll see we are paying the most. You will take home a larger check per lb. with us than any where else. We will be receiving tobacco Mondays, Tuesdays, & Fridays of each & every week at our new Quarryville location, and also Wednesdays & Thursdays of each week at Garden Spot Tobacco Warehouse. We have sold our 1986 processed tobacco. If we have pro cessed any for you, please call the week of Jan. 16 for dates & location to be paid. We will have free certified 609 tobacco seed for our customers starting Monday, Jan. 16. Due to the fact that I have a deadline on my order - after Jan. 261 will go back to original contract prices -so get your tobac co stripped & delivered as soon as possible! Garden Spot Tobacco Warehouse 717-354-6934 from 8 to 5 or at the Quarryville Location 717-786-7043 “Because it involves a lot of self-evaluation, strategic plan ning’s not easy,” Windsor notes. “Long-range planning specific ally compells us to ask for help when we realize we don’t have all the answers. It is action oriented and forces a person to make deci sions when they need to be made. Your plans should be long-range, but also flexible.” “Strategic planning does not guarantee success,” Windsor says, “but it certainly improves the chances.” In addition to the initial tape Strategic Planning, the series BINKLEr*HURST m ° pri 7am s pm HOAO TMf , Sat. - 7 am - 11:30 AM JklvW. Sun. 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