Watch your mail: The 2025 USDA Census of Horticulture Specialties is being mailed this month to more than 2,000 horticultural operations in Oregon and some 40,000 nationwide. The census asks questions about crops grown, their value, the square footage used for growing them, production expenses and more. Deadline: Responses are required by law. They are […]
Sound planning and strong communication helps complex loading processes run more smoothly
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Careful planning, good communication and loading efficiency are critical steps to getting a truck in and out of a nursery and back on the road as quickly as possible.
It’s prudent to stay wise to freight-related scams
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Be wary of sharks and their double brokering, ID theft and other freight-related scams.
Will nurseries continue to enjoy favorable freight rates and availability?
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Nurseries have benefitted from favorable freight availability and rates, but will it continue?
Though almost inevitable, damage claims can be minimized with the right moves
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Careful organizing and loading of plants can minimize damage to nursery plants during the shipping process.
Oregon’s nursery licensing program aims to keep the entire industry healthy
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The emergency fund is just one component of the ODA’s nursery licensing program. Other pieces aim to keep nursery plants healthy, whether they’re being grown here and shipped out of state or brought in from elsewhere.
Building trust is key to establishing clientele base for new nurseries
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For new retail and wholesale nurseries, one of the biggest challenges is building your network of suppliers, sales leads and vendors from scratch.
Five owners share their experiences on what it takes to start a nursery businesses
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There’s no one template for starting a retail or wholesale nursery. Each business is as unique the owners who start them, the locations they select, and their unique visions for their businesses. Digger magazine visited with five nursery owners who started their own businesses. Although they took different roads to their dream of starting their […]
$250,000 shifted to P. austrocedri research
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Officials have quickly reprioritized $250,000 in federal horticulture research funds to immediately begin developing and implementing effective strategies to prevent the spread of Phytophthora austrocedri and minimize its impact on the horticultural industry. P. austrocedri is a destructive pathogen threatening valuable ornamental crops including cypress, arborvitae, juniper, and cedar, which could have serious consequences for nurseries, landscapes, […]
Member Profile: Howell Prairie Nursery
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There’s something to be said about sticking with what’s proven and tried and true and building your success on that. That’s been the winning formula at Howell Prairie Nursery in Silverton.
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