Nationally, record unemployment numbers and an official confirmation that we are in a recession were the major news stories this week. In the Northwest nursery industry, however, attention was focused on a variety of stories, such as these:
- Pesticide reporting to end in 2009
- Border state governor will be new head of U.S. Homeland Security
- OSU lists pests and diseases for December
- Real Christmas trees get good press
- So do trees in general
- But demand for seedlings is way, way down
- More on Columbia County illegal worker law
- Big weekend for Christmas trees?
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