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Deadline approaching to obtain water right permit extensions

By Steve Shropshire — Posted February 24, 2026

Legislative changes to the state’s water right permitting process modify long-standing timelines and procedures for perfecting water rights.

Filed Under: Legal Access

Guidance on immigration enforcement actions

By Steve Shropshire — Posted February 24, 2025

Nursery businesses should take steps to make sure that they’re prepared for immigration enforcement actions.

Filed Under: Legal Access Tagged With: Immigration

Guidance on immigration enforcement actions

By Steve Shropshire — Posted January 29, 2025

You cannot prevent ICE enforcement actions at your business. However, you and your employees can be prepared in case such an action occurs.

Filed Under: Legal Access Tagged With: Immigration

New Oregon groundwater rules will fundamentally change permitting

By Steve Shropshire — Posted July 29, 2024

The bottom line is that in most locations, the new requirements will amount to a moratorium on new permits

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Protecting employees from heat

By Steve Shropshire — Posted October 2, 2023

Tips and resources for employers to comply with Oregon’s new heat illness prevention rules

Filed Under: Columns, Legal Access, Nursery Operations, Retail Garden Centers Tagged With: Business, heat illness, Legal, Legal Access, Wholesale Nurseries

Water right transfers

By Steve Shropshire — Posted February 24, 2023

The future of water allocation in Oregon In this year’s water issue of the Digger, you’ve had an opportunity to read about the importance of this vital resource. In recent years, the Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) has come under intense pressure from the press and Secretary of State’s Audits Division to better manage the […]

Filed Under: Legal Access Tagged With: Business, Digger, Digger magazine, OAN, OAN Members, Water

H-2A for nurseries

By Steve Shropshire — Posted March 27, 2018

The guest worker program offers a labor option, but has its challenges Oregon nurseries are facing pressing labor shortages. Several have turned to mechanization, but the industry still needs human hands. In recent years, those hands have not been adequately available. Many nurseries are considering the H-2A temporary agricultural worker visa program as a potential […]

Filed Under: Columns, Nursery Operations Tagged With: Business, Digger, Digger magazine, H-2a, Immigration, Labor, Legal Access, Wholesale Nurseries

Are you prepared for immigration enforcement actions?

By Steve Shropshire — Posted April 3, 2017

Protect your business with this 10-point plan in the event of an ICE inspection.

Filed Under: Nursery Operations Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Immigration, Politics, Workforce

Obtaining and protecting water rights

By Steve Shropshire — Posted November 1, 2016

Agricultural rights holders commonly face a variety of dilemmas.

Filed Under: Nursery Operations Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Legal, Sustainability

NURSERY NEWS

GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan visits Farwest Show

Deciphering Oregon’s plastics recycling law

J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. celebrates 80 years as a nursery standout

Monrovia Nursery Company celebrates 100 years of innovation and looks to the future

New AmericanHort CEO introduces himself to OAN

Bailey Nurseries removed dams to build environmental resilience

The new NurseryGuide.com powers up with new features

Terra Gardens owner’s gesture for his mother opens the door to other wheelchair-bound gardeners

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Pests and Diseases

Box tree moths pose a threat to Oregon nurseries

Managing Phytophthora: timing, temperature and emerging threats

Managing slugs and snails in Pacific Northwest nurseries

OAN leads grower-driven Japanese beetle solution

Prioritizing nursery pest challenges

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FARWEST SHOW UPDATES

GOP gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan visits Farwest Show

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Deciphering Oregon’s plastics recycling law

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The Value of Membership

ONF scholarships help recipients launch their career in horticulture

New AmericanHort CEO introduces himself to OAN

OAN members see benefits and rewards from serving ag industry organizations

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