Tax Guidance Webinar
Join experts from K·Coe Isom, the nation’s leading food and agriculture consulting and tax accounting firm, to discuss what you need to know about estate planning and estate taxes heading into 2022. Congress has recently been eyeing changes to estate taxes to pay for priority issues. Looking to put your business and assets in a […]
Grower Insider Series – Top Performers from All-American Selections Plant Trials
This is NOT “Your grandfather’s Oldsmobile” when it comes to the non-profit organization, All-America Selections. The Board of Directors and staff are continually adding new elements to the AAS Trials, working with new breeding companies, adding trial sites and much more. Join Executive Director Diane Blazek to hear about all the latest news and the […]
Vaccine Emergency Standard Issued, but Blocked for now by 5th Circuit
On November 4, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace. The ETS establishes binding requirements to protect employees of large employers (100 or more employees) from the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace. […]
An Update on Supply Chain Woes and Inflationary Pressures
Dr. Charlie Hall, AmericanHort Chief Economist The green industry has spent the past several decades perfecting a globalized “just-in-time” supply chain and the COVID pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of that globalized supply chain, illustrating the vulnerabilities of a usually-invisible pathway of growing, transportation, and logistics. The supply chain disruptions go back to early […]
Grower Insider Series – Annual Variety Plant Trials 2021
Metrolina Greenhouses ships plants to stores in both northern and southern regions of the U.S. from their headquarters in Huntersville, NC. It’s essential that their annual trials test plant performance for varieties that will thrive throughout their entire distribution area. Join Metrolina Director of Research, Dr. Mark Yelanich, as he showcases their top annuals from […]
Grower Insider Series – Perennial Variety Plant Trials
Paul Westervelt, Chief of Container Operations for Saunders Brothers Nursery, a wholesale nursery operation with more than 100 acres of container production, 150 acres of field production and 160-acres of orchard located in Piney River, VA brings his renowned enthusiasm for perennials with highlights from the Saunders Brothers Zone 7a trials; including those all-important scheduling/growing […]
Women In Horticulture October Interview
October Women in Horticulture interview guests are sisters Micky Byland and Amy Morris of N.G. Heimos Greenhouses located in Millstadt, IL. Two of the nine siblings in the Heimos family, Micky and Amy have spent their professional careers in the green industry and are actively involved with industry organizations. Join us to learn about the keys to successfully working in a family business, […]
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Improving Pest Control In The Nursery & Greenhouse Through The Application Process
Sometimes choosing from the large number of pest control options can be tricky and sometimes even disappointing. And even if you have the right chemistry for the job, mis-applications can lead to devastation. During this webinar, we will work though the steps to finding the right tool for your toolbox. After this program, you will […]
Women In Horticulture Interview Series: Olivia Morgan
AmericanHort welcomes Olivia Morgan, customer marketing manager for Syngenta Flowers as our August 2021 Women in Horticulture Interview Series guest. Olivia leads a ‘small, but mighty’ team of marketing communications specialists that create some of the most sought-after information in the greenhouse industry. Olivia’s horticulture career began when she attended a small community college in […]