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MA introduces MycoApply® Ultrafine Endo/Ecto

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Mycorrhizal Applications (MA) has launched a new mycorrhizal inoculant product called MycoApply® Ultrafine Endo/Ecto. Developed to improve the soil for conifers, woody shrubs and other ornaments, the product features four species of endomycorrhizae and seven species of ectomycorrhizae. The fungi colonize on a plant’s root systems to increase the surface area, allowing it to absorb […]

Oregon Lean Consortium launches 2019 program year

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The Oregon Lean Consortium welcomed two new companies as it launched its 2019 program year with a planning workshop on January 15. Seven diverse horticulture businesses will work together on process improvement for the next 12 months: Bailey Nurseries, Yamhill Eshraghi Nursery, Hillsboro JLPN Liners, Salem Marion Ag Service, Saint Paul Peoria Gardens, Albany Robinson […]

Seed Your Future launches new career exploration tool

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Seed Your Future has launched a new, free online horticulture career exploration resource at www.SeedYourFuture.org/careers. It is for parents, teachers, students or anyone looking for work opportunities. The program is an industry-wide effort, supported by more than 150 partner organizations, to promote horticulture and inspire more people to pursue careers working with plants. The career […]

Kubota releases SVL-65-2 track loader

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Designed as the smallest compact track loader of the three models in the SVL line, Kubota Tractor Corporation announced the release of the SVL65-2 for distribution through Kubota dealers beginning April 2019. The track loader features the Advanced Multifunction Valve (AMV) for attachments with auxiliary hydraulics, such as augers or grapple buckets. It also has […]

New president and CEO takes over at Skagit Horticulture

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Skagit Horticulture has appointed Scott Crownover as the company’s new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Crownover joined Skagit in 2018 as chief operations officer. In this new role, he is replacing Mark Buchholz, who semi-retired at the end of 2018 and will continue to serve the company in an advisory role. Crownover has […]

Adapt8 produces Tree Guardians in-house

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Starting in January 2019, Adapt8 will begin internally manufacturing Tree Guardians, a product line of reusable tree trunk protectors. The move will allow the company to offer both standard and custom sizes at any time of the year. Produced with a reflective white exterior for visibility and a black interior to reduce sucker growth, Tree Guardians […]

ICE announces four-fold increase in worksite investigations

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) dramatically increased its number of worksite investigations in 2018 as compared to 2017, according to an agency press release. ICE is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specific numbers include: Worksite investigations increased from 1,691 to 6,848, more than a fourfold increase; I-9 audits increased from […]

Oregon Association of Nurseries recognizes Friends of Nurseries

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The Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) has recognized four people and one coalition with Friends of Nurseries awards. “The OAN gives these awards annually to recognize officials and others from outside our industry who are solution oriented, who consider the nursery and greenhouse point of view, and who act as a partner, regardless of party […]

Fall Creek announces management transition

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Fall Creek Farm & Nursery Inc. has announced a leadership transition in the family-owned, Oregon-based, globally reaching blueberry plant breeding and growing company. Current CEO Dave Brazelton will become executive chairman of the company’s board of directors, while his son and daughter, Amelie Brazelton Aust and Cort Brazelton, will assume co-CEO positions. Oscar Verges will […]

Improved Anderson Pots #1 polycan available

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Anderson Pots has introduced new and improved #1 deep black polycans, which are designed not to stick together. The 0.74-gallon pots still hold the same volume, but have been upgraded for increased durability, improved stacking and superior de-nesting. Engineered to reduce grower’s costs, the new design increases the unit count per pallet to 6,500 units […]