The new issue of Digger magazine features stormwater management and a deluge of educational opportunities.
May 2017
The May 2017 issue of Digger looks at three of the major issues facing the horticulture industry’s future.
April 2017
A is for April — and Annuals.
Is the price right?
Wholesale nurseries must consider many factors when it comes time to consider a price hike.
Helping horticulture find its niche
The goal of NICH (National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture) is to get 90 percent of U.S. households gardening by 2025.
The chicken or the egg?
OAN President Leigh Geschwill discusses the economic dilemma posed by raising Oregon’s minimum wage.
Oregon minimum wage will not increase in 2016
Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian announced last week that the minimum wage will remain unchanged next year because the consumer price index (CPI), a measure of inflation and a key economic indicator, was almost unchanged. By law, Oregon’s minimum wage is tied to the CPI. The CPI rose .02 percent, according to annual economic numbers released by the federal government, […]
Major agricultural lender forecasts improved growth for Oregon nurseries in 2015
Oregon’s gross nursery sales look like they will exceed $800 million in 2014, and they could very well go even higher than that in 2015, Bob Boyle told OAN members at the November 21 meeting of the OAN Willamette Chapter, which took place in Salem. “I think I’m as bullish now on the industry as […]
Website educates public on invasive pest threats
Although the agriculture community is well aware of invasive pests and pathogens — including the emerald ash borer, sudden oak death, the giant African snail, the citrus psyllid, the Asian longhorned beetle and many others — agriculture cannot fight them alone. These pests can be transported unwittingly by the general public; therefore, public awareness is needed to […]
April Digger showcases creative containers
Hot off the press, the April issue of Digger showcases the nearly limitless planting possibilities when gardening in pots, boxes and hanging baskets. Click here to read the article (PDF). Other articles in the issue include: • “For the birds” (PDF) — Mike Darcy calls for a common-sense response to the recent controversy surrounding Nandina domestica […]
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