Newsletter Benchrunner Friday
Greenhouse Labor’s H-2A Lifeline
January 15, 2026
The ‘CAST Memories’ LinkedIn contest encourages participants to share their favorite stories from California Spring Trials.
The horticulture industry is certainly about the plants. Perhaps more important, however, it’s also about the people striving to produce high-quality plants every day.
The floriculture industry has elevated its use of biological controls to the point where many integrated pest management programs are now targeted based on either crop or pest.
Here are some of the top greenhouse lessons and themes learned by the LLK Greenhouse Solutions team in 2025.
From bugs to succession planning to peat moss, here’s a look back at some of the great conversations we had on our podcast this year.
This is the second article in a six-part series highlighting the sourcing, engineering, commercial availability, and use of wood substrates.
Celebrating 20 years, NDSU’s trial gardens highlighted dependable performers and crowd favorites under a slightly wetter-than-average summer.
Transportation and logistics often rank among the top challenges greenhouse growers face, and this past year looks like no exception.
Two of the nation’s largest greenhouse operations are joining forces and combining talent and resources, with the shared goal of accelerating growth.
Despite a rain-soaked summer and flooding challenges, WCROC’s 2025 trials still delivered a strong Top 10 list.
In the last of a four-part series, University of Georgia Ornamental Specialist Ping Yu looks at biochar’s physical and chemical properties, and provides a guide for those who may want to make their own biochar mixes.
The first project aims to better understand how e-commerce is used in the green industry, and the second focuses on where businesses are achieving the greatest return on investment.
Heat, humidity, and high rainfall put begonias, vinca, sweet potatoes, and more to the test in Raleigh.