Consider it the economic equivalent of Drāno. As the Associated Press reported today: WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy. Invoking Depression-era emergency powers, the Fed will buy commercial paper, […]
OAN applauds passage of recovery bill
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Today Congress approved, and President George W. Bush signed, a federal economic recovery bill authorizing the U.S. Treasury to invest of up to $700 billion to calm markets and restore credit availability. And according to OAN Executive Director John Aguirre, that’s good news for Oregon nurseries. “Nursery growers and retailers, like so many businesses across […]
OAN 75th Anniversary Book now available
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The history of Oregon’s nursery industry is comprised of a single narrative made up of many smaller stories, and you can read many of them in the brand new OAN 75th Anniversary Book. The recently-published, full color book talks about the innovators, the milestones and the events who brought the business to where it is […]
Economic slowdown affects nursery business
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Sales of Oregon nursery products grew in 2007, but at a slower pace than in prior years, according to numbers released recently by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The 2 percent growth rate of 2007 was much lower than the 10 percent reported in 2006, and according to the Capital Press (subscribers only), industry […]
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