The whitepaper addresses topics such as sales and pricing trends, crop production patterns, investments in technology and automation, demographics in greenhouse owners, managers, and other key staff, and much more.
Shawn McBurney, Senior Director of Government Relations for the Society of American Florists, says policies related to immigration, trade, and tariff negotiations could have a big effect on floriculture.
Southwood Garden Center has had to manage through the labor crunch like most companies in the green industry, particularly finding labor on the landscape and growing sides of the business.
The Horticultural Research Institute has announced a wide range of research projects, from innovations in crop protection to emerging pest issues, that will be funded in 2019.
Tropicals are hot, which might explain why The Garden Center Group’s Cool Product Awards judging committee featured the largest ever number of grower-retailers seeking out great new products at the Tropical Plants Industry Exposition (TPIE) in mid January.
Hiring and keeping good employees, while dealing with rising labor costs, have challenged growers across the country. Four Star President Tom Smith shares his ideas on how growers large and small can improve their labor outlook.
Features of the new web resource include job and education requirements, salary information, links to industry organizations, and videos of people in plant-focused careers.
The potential for infrastructure investment is good news for the green industry, but uncertainly surrounding tariffs and the housing market could mean major changes in the coming years.
