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Preparing for farm visitors takes work
Tours and on-farm events are awesome ways to educate consumers about dairy farming and the nutrition dairy products can provide. However, hosting guests regularly takes a lot of work, day in and day out, to keep the farm looking its best and ensure visitor safety.
The four farms in our December 2020 Round Table article, “Agritourism adds to their business model,” have created successful agritourism businesses on their dairies. In some cases, that meant building new facilities or remodeling existing ones. For example, the Kuehnert family (pictured) from Fort Wayne, Ind., renovated an old bedding shed to create their Homestead event center, which can be used to host events year-round. They also hire 20 paid employees and oversee many volunteers in order to run their Kuehnert Fall Festival each year.