Have You Weeded Your Business Lately? Clean-up Tips for Year-End Can Yield Big Benefits
Kala Jenkins & Beth Swanson, K·Coe Isom The countdown to the new year is quickly closing in on us. For many, it’s a time of reflection on the year that has passed. For most, however, we are already focused on what can be done, improved upon, and maximized for the year ahead. As advisors, we […]
AmericanHort Connect December 2021
Quarterly Advocacy Brief
AmericanHort welcomes all premium members to the Quarterly Advocacy brief for an update on key legislative issues. Join us to ask questions and get the latest news from Washington D.C. on advocacy topics affecting your business. During this webinar, Premium Members of AmericanHort get exclusive access to the AmericanHort Advocacy and Research Team.
AmericanHort HR Peer Sharing Group Discusses Employee Engagement
One of the favorite parts of my job is facilitating the monthly AmericanHort HR Peer Sharing Group calls. The group learns so much from each other sharing, asking questions, and listening to one another. We closed 2021 with a conversation about employee engagement, a topic that generated a lot of dialogue. Many organizations recognize and […]
2021 Year End Letter
Dear AmericanHort Member: This year has turned out to be another strong year for our industry – congratulations! Thank you for your continued support of AmericanHort and our efforts to help our members and the industry Perform Better, Grow Faster, and Prepare for the Future. Consumers have discretionary income, and their spending on horticulture products […]
Steep 2022 H-2A Wage Increases Expected
Most H-2A visa users are bracing for hefty 2022 wage increases. Though the new wages won’t be official until published in the Federal Register later this month by the Department of Labor (DOL), we know what to expect, since the USDA’s Farm Labor Survey (FLS) results are out. The regional gross average wages that become the […]
Women In Horticulture December Interview
Meet Joan Dudney, Marketing Manager of Little Prince of Oregon Nursery, a leading nursery grower in the upper Northwest located in Aurora, Oregon. Joan is a “career switcher” getting into horticulture after a successful career leading an independent medical evaluation company. While the medical industry job created frequent travel opportunities to Alaska, the high stress […]
Vaccines, Plants and Dollars – A Year in Review
In this webinar, Dr. Charlie Hall, AmericanHort chief economist, will discuss how the year 2021 turned out for growers in the green industry supply chain, the current economic conditions, the status of the lingering effects of COVID-19, and the outlook for spring 2022. Vaccines, Plants, and Dollars: The Year in Review Recap For those who […]
The Pandemic – Unforeseen Events and Unforced Errors
Employers have rarely, if ever, been confronted with challenges as difficult or unique as they have faced over the past 18 months. The Coronavirus pandemic has been one of those once-in-a-lifetime events that no one, especially employers, ever wants to see again. From its first impact employers across the board have had to adapt to […]
What’s Causing Volatility in the Markets?
Market volatility is seemingly settling in for the long haul as volatile Henry Hub natural gas prices – and as a result electricity prices – continue to rise. While no one can predict where prices will go as we head into winter, what we can do is take a closer look at what’s causing energy […]