The Power of Branding

Angie Day • January 28, 2026

The Power of Branding

How do you keep your farm in the eye of your customer?  One of the ways is by using effective branding. 


Justin Woodruff at Sandy Creek Mining Company (one of our Industry Partner members) provides some great insight on this topic.


Talk about brands! Keeping your brand out there is one of the most important parts of marketing at your farm. as you know. Sandy Creek provides personalized labels for the mining bag and take home collection bags carrying your logo. These take home collection bags with private labels serve as a great keepsake and memory of guests' day on your farm!


Running a bunch of school kids? School kids love to go panning and surely they will be showing this collection bag with your location's name on it to Mom and Dad when they get home! Shameless self promotion at its best and hopefully encourages a future weekend visit by the family too! 


Please check out our selection of mining bags here: sandycreekmining.com. Freight is included with quantity and SAME DAY SHIPPING available!


Learn more about our Industry Partners using the Supplier Directory and Supplier Discounts pages on the NAFDMA website.

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