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A Cluster-Based Approach
To BR&E
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Overview of the Module
• Understand the definition of the Agribusiness,
Food Processing, & Technology
(Agribusiness) cluster
• Why a cluster-based BR&E approach might
make sense for your community or region,
• Finding data on your community or region’s
Agribusiness cluster
• Identifying specific firms in the Agribusiness
Cluster.
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Definition of the Agribusiness Cluster
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Crop Production
Animal Production
Fishing
Support activities for crop
production
Support activities for animal
production
Food manufacturing
Beverage and tobacco
product manufacturing
Pesticide, fertilizer, and
other agricultural chemical
manufacturing
• Agricultural implement
manufacturing
• Food product machinery
manufacturing
• Farm and garden
machinery and equipment
merchant wholesalers
• Farm product raw material
merchant wholesalers
• Farm supplies merchant
wholesalers
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Exercise 1
• Put a check by any of
the 12 categories you
think are likely
represented in your
community or region.
• Which 3-5 do you think
are most significantly
represented?
• Why do you think that is
the case?
• Share your thoughts
with a partner.
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Cluster-Based BR&E Approach
• Opportunity to build a deeper understanding of
the needs and opportunities related to the
cluster
• Opens the door for facilitating new business-tobusiness relationships
• Might be easier to measure impact down the
road
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Finding Data
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Click on View Industry Clusters (left side)
Under 2. Select Geography Click on Go to Custom
Regions
Under “Select Data” click on Agribusiness, Food
Processing, & Technology from the dropdown menu.
Choose the geography you want (State, County, Metro
Area, etc.
Click on Get Data
statsamerica.org/innovation/
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What does the data mean?
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Exercise 2
• Look at your own community or region.
• See how it compares to you state.
• If you are looking at one county, see how it
compares with other counties around it.
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Identifying Specific Firms
Who Might Be Able to Help
• College/University
Library
• Public Library
• SBDC
Databases That Might Be
Helpful
• Dun & Bradstreet’s Million
Dollar Database
• LexisNexis Academic
• Sorkins
• NETS (National
Establishment Time
Series)