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Home Depot requires new neonicotinoids plant tag, despite inconclusive evidence

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According to a report published by Greenhouse Management magazine, growers who supply Home Depot must now comply with the company’s new mandate requiring all plants treated with neonicotinoids to bear a special tag informing customers that the plant has been exposed to the controversial insecticides. Home Depot is the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer […]

Texas judge suspends Obama’s immigration executive action

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A federal judge in Brownsville, Texas, on the U.S./Mexico border, late Monday halted President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen’s ruling temporarily suspends Obama’s orders, which would have shielded upwards of four million immigrants from deportation and provided access to work permits. The lawsuit, filed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott […]

Orenco site added to National Register of Historic Places

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The McDonald House, built by Oregon Nursery Company co-founder Malcolm McDonald, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, according to a report by oregonlive.com. In the early 1900s, McDonald purchased 1,200 acres east of Hillsboro and founded the town of Orenco. The town name was an acronym for ORE-gon N-ursery CO-mpany. He […]

T&R Company grows sales team

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T&R Company, a manufacturer of landscape tree boxes and distributor of plastic containers for wholesale nurseries and greenhouses, has grown its sales team by two with the appointments of Courtney Lewis-Borts to the position of western Oregon sales representative and Gene Richau as director of sales. Richau brings more than 25 years of nursery experience, […]

Forestry official: Inspections miss 72 percent of plant pests

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According to a story published by Capital Press, the importation of live plants into Oregon and the U.S. is a primary pathway for invasive insects and pathogens, some of which could cause severe damage to forests and nurseries. The statement was made by Wyatt Williams, an invasive species specialist with the Oregon Department of Forestry […]