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Dana Berg, CPA, MBA, is a CFO, finance leader, and co-owner of Fresh Acres Fall Festival & Corn Maze in Monticello, Minnesota. At Fresh Acres, Dana leads the financial and business side of the operation while working alongside her husband, Zeke, on the marketing, strategy, and day-to-day decisions that come with running a seasonal agritourism business. She writes about the lessons they have learned building Fresh Acres — from corn maze planning and farm operations to the business decisions behind creating a successful fall attraction.
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Sep 20, 2026 ∙ 6 min
Fresh Acres Decorated Hay Bale Contest: More Than Hay Bales
One of our favorite traditions at Fresh Acres Fall Festival in Monticello, Minnesota is our annual Decorated Hay Bale Contest. Each fall, we invite five local nonprofit and community organizations to transform an ordinary round hay bale into something completely their own. Over the years, those bales have become tractors, firetrucks, hot air balloons, butterflies, a unicorn, a combine, and even The Nightmare Before Christmas. But the contest is about much more than decorating hay bales. How...
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Sep 19, 2026 ∙ 6 min
What Should I Wear to a Corn Maze? A Minnesota Farm Owner’s Guide
It’s fall in Minnesota, and you are about to head out to a corn maze, pumpkin patch, or sunflower field. But what should you wear?! After eight years of working the ticket stand at Fresh Acres in Monticello, I have seen a lot when it comes to clothing — what has worked, what hasn’t, and what people have wished they had brought along the way. This time of year is unpredictable here in Minnesota. You can check the forecast, you can make a plan, but the reality can be very different from what...
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Jul 26, 2026 ∙ 4 min
How Do You Plant a Corn Maze? A Minnesota Farm Owner Explains
Customers frequently ask us, “How do you plant your corn maze?” Many people assume we plant a cornfield and spend weeks cutting the maze by hand. While that certainly can be done, it is not how we create our maze at Fresh Acres. Each year we partner with MazePlay, a company that specializes in designing and creating corn mazes. Once we have chosen the theme for the year, we send them the dimensions of our field, and they use specialized software to design a custom maze that fits...
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