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Keep Your Cashflow Going, You Earned It So Keep It

We all know the issues in the supply chain and how it is impacting retail business today. The webinar, “Keep Your Cash Flow Going. You Earned It So Keep It“, will be a discussion on a businesses-created process that works through the issues with inventory availability, brand changes, and keeping retail margins in line with […]

Effectively Using Air Pruning Systems in Propagation & Nursery Production

With quality being at the heart of all nursery operations and new growing technologies to achieve those high standards top of mind, AmericanHort is always looking for best practices that help increase product performance and customer satisfaction. Air-pruning propagation trays and containers can help to develop high-quality tree root systems that are larger, more fibrous, […]

Navigating New Workplace Headwinds

Employers are currently experiencing an unprecedented set of headwinds. First, businesses are facing difficulties attracting and hiring a sufficient number of workers. As businesses attempt to resume full operations on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumers are likewise eager to return to their normal patterns of eating out, traveling, and shopping for more […]

Near misses – are they important?

Did you know that many companies do not report near misses, and as a result, an injury occurred?  OSHA says, “A near-miss is a potential hazard or incident in which no property was damaged and no personal injury was sustained, but where, given a slight shift in time or position, damage or injury easily could […]

Navigating Ohio’s workers’ compensation system

For most employers, workers’ compensation is one of a thousand items that require their attention daily. Most workers’ compensation professionals will tell you that the best injury is one that never happens. The reality is that there are 249,000 private and public Ohio employers incurring approximately 85,000 allowable injuries on an annual basis (Source: Ohio […]

New Tool Helps Growers Mitigate Risk & Improve Plant Health

The Horticultural Research Institute, in partnership with the National Plant Board and the USDA, is pleased to announce the launch of an important new tool for nursery and greenhouse growers seeking to improve plant production processes by identifying hazards (operational areas where plants could be contaminated or introduced to plant pests). Understanding these critical control […]

Increasing Manager & Supervisor Pay

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law governing employee compensation in U.S. workplaces. Some states also apply their own, more rigorous wage and hour laws. The FLSA requires employers to pay employees a minimum wage for all hours worked and a time and a half overtime rate for all hours worked over […]

Creating Positive Cashflow With An “Open To Buy”

While there is both a science and an art to buying inventory for your business, perhaps the most important factor is having the money on-hand to pay for it. While there are software programs available, and people who offer themselves as experts to calculate and advise you on inventory control, these options come at an […]

Utility Prices on the Rise

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the cost of natural gas for power generation more than doubled in 2021, accounting for much of the rise in electricity prices. A variety of factors have contributed to the rise in natural gas (and subsequently electricity) prices, and while no one can predict where prices will go in the […]