It’s a familiar pattern: new year, new minimum wage. In Oregon, the state-mandated hourly rate is now $8.40, up 45 cents from $7.95 in 2008. Under Oregon law, the wage rises each year, automatically, based on increases in the consumer price index. As one might expect, many papers did stories on the new minimum wage, […]
Bailout bill contains provisions that can help nurseries
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When Congress passed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, better known as the bailout package, it provided $700 billion in relief to the troubled financial industry. However, it also included many provisions that could benefit the nursery and greenhouse industry directly through tax incentives and other tax deductions. Steve Shropshire of the law firm […]
Chemigation conversation
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Chemigation is just what it sounds like – the application of chemicals or pesticides through an irrigation system – and many nurseries use it. At the request of the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group, which is comprised of state pesticide regulators, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working towards a new set of […]
Winter offerings
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Registration has begun for winter term Agriculture courses at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore. They include offerings in horticulture, landscaping and pesticides. Registration information is here. Likewise, Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Ore., is offering several horticulture classes during its winter term. The workshops and short courses are listed here; the regular classes […]
Hasty freeze
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We’ve all been enjoying the recent mild winter weather – well, the ski resorts haven’t been enjoying it so much – but it’s all going to change rather abruptly on Friday, according to forecasters. Cold, Canadian air is coming to Oregon and Washington, and it should stay in the area until Tuesday, resulting in subfreezing […]
Green industry consultant organizes motivational seminar
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“It’s a Great Time to be in Business,” a free webinar developed by green industry consultant Jim Paluch and his firm, JP Horizons, will take place from 10-11 a.m. (Pacific Time) Thursday, Dec. 18. It will include a series of presentations with an overall theme of how to thrive in any economy. Subject areas covered […]
The last year for PURS
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Oregon’s Pesticide Use Reporting System apparently is going away after this year. It was not included in Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed state budget for the 2009-11 biennium. According to the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.): PURS, meanwhile, is one of several programs facing cuts in the state Department of Agriculture budget losing more than 20 percent […]
The unwelcome mat
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Are you an employer in Columbia County, Oregon? Employment law attorney Ron Guerra has analyzed that county’s new unauthorized worker ordinance, which was passed by the voters in the Nov. 4 election. Ron has recommendations about what you, as an employer, will need to do in light of this new law. You can also read […]
REAPing the rewards of green energy
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Oregon growers such as Northwoods Nursery (Molalla, Ore.), Harts Nursery (Jefferson, Ore.) and McKenzie Valley Bamboo Nursery (Springfield, Ore.) have already made the commitment to install renewable energy and energy efficiency projects (such as this efficient in-ground heating system) with help from the USDA Rural Energy for America (REAP) grant program. If you would like […]
Addressing the future
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Sid Raisch, president of Horticultural Advantage, has some thoughts on what nurseries should be doing to adapt to future changes in the green industry. California nurseryman Trey Pittsenberger and blogger added to the discussion with thoughts here and here. All three posts address the question: as a grower, what are you doing to make sure […]
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