Nurseries across Oregon are getting creative with smart, work-saving measures. Woodburn Nursery & Azaleas invented a 60-foot trimmer to make quick work of its pot-in-pot areas.
The Efficiency Issue
Rising costs, labor scarcity and competition create challenges for growers. Greater efficiency can be the answer.
In this issue:
- Your efficient nursery business. We talked to more than a dozen growers and industry colleagues who have become more efficient, and increased their bottom line, by improving their management, workflows, inputs and workspaces.
- Managing for efficiency
- Creating an efficient workflow
- Using your inputs efficiently
- Arranging the workspace
- Efficient marketing: Ian Doescher of Pivot Group offers tips to maximize your outcomes.
- Efficient money: Carol Suruki-Carmany of Moss Adams LLC offers tips for wise spending.
Columns:
- What does efficiency look like?: President’s Message by Josh Zielinski
- Finding common ground on immigration: Director’s Desk by Jeff Stone
Growing Knowledge, an ongoing series provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the USDA and in partnership with OAN.
- Optimum watering schedules for Oregon home lawns. Conner Olsen and Alec Kowalewski study to identify the optimal irrigation rate and frequency for perennial ryegrass management in the Willamette Valley.
Download a PDF of the full issue.
Please send your comments on the issue to editor Curt Kipp at ckipp@oan.org.