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Landscape benchmarking reports available

January 17, 2009 by Charlie

How does your company’s financial performance compare with other lawn and landscape companies in your area — across the country for that matter? Find out in the newly updated 2008 Operating Cost Study for the Green Industry report. More than 200 companies nationwide contributed data from their 2007 income statements, balance sheets, and operating costs to this report, which features trending analysis for the industry. Click here to order your copy.

Lawn & Landscape magazine recently released its Benchmarking Your Business report. In an uncertain market riddled with variables, the one thing landscape contractors can control is their numbers. This report is a comprehensive guide to your profit and loss. Use it to measure business success. Click here to obtain a PDF version of this report.

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Sound financial practices are needed right now!

November 4, 2008 by Charlie

Three colleagues and I recently conducted a series of risk management workshops that were held across the nation for nursery and greenhouse growers. As a part of these workshops, Dr. Alan Hodges of the University of Florida discussed strategies to mitigate financial risks in the nursery or greenhouse business. I asked Alan to provide a quick summary of his portion of the workshop in this timely podcast.

http://www.gabcast.com/mp3play/mp3player.swf?file=http://www.gabcast.com/casts/24425/episodes/http-aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/faculty/hall/Media/DS_20005_Hodges.mp3&config=http://www.gabcast.com/mp3play/config.php?ini=mini.0.l

For more information regarding financial benchmarks, check out these two articles. Click here and here.
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