The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering proposed rule changes involving wood packaging material used in domestic commerce, such as crates, pallets and sticks. Nurseries commonly use pallets and sticks when shipping plant material, but such wood material unwittingly could transport unwanted and dangerous hitchhikers, such as the emerald ash borer and […]
Farm to market
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The Oregon Legislature this week approved a $300 million per year transportation package designed to upgrade roads statewide, create new capacity, and loosen bottlenecks that currently cost businesses time and money. The move was applauded by the Oregon Association of Nurseries as an important step towards helping growers move their goods to market. The improvements […]
Schrader’s help enlisted in trade dispute
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Major agricultural producers from Oregon met today with U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) to ask for his help in resolving a costly trade dispute between Mexico and the United States. There’s a press release about it here (PDF). The issue came to a boil in March, when Congress voted to scrap a pilot program that […]
Governor’s chief of staff visits nursery leaders
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Chip Terhune, chief of staff for Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, visited with members of the OAN Government Relations Committee yesterday. Association officials deemed it significant that the governor’s top aide would come to listen to the views and concerns of green industry leaders. “It speaks to the strength and credibility of our organization,” OAN Director […]
Fewer trucks on the road
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Bad news for nurseries and others who are dependent on the trucking industry. Massive bankruptcies and shutdowns have taken some 127,000 trucks off the road, with many being sold to companies in Eastern Europe and Russia, the Capital Press (Salem, Ore.) reported. According to Donald Broughton, an analyst with the Avondale Partners research firm: “A […]
Getting somewhere, pt. 2
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The Oregon Association of Nurseries has issued a statement concerning Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposed Jobs and Transportation Act. Read it here.
Getting somewhere with transportation
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The big news today is that Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski introduced a proposed new transportation package which would raise upwards of $500 million per year, over the next five years, for highways, bridges, county roads, local streets and transit projects. This is something that Oregon business groups, tired of congested roadways, have long been requesting. […]
Obama and nurseries
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What will the election of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) mean for nurseries? According to John Aguirre, executive director of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, the Obama ascendancy offers opportunities as well as challenges. In terms of opportunities, Obama is likely to favor a federal energy policy with incentives for efficiency and alternative sources, greater attention […]
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