Fred C. Gloeckner & Company Inc. Owner, President, and CEO Joseph A. Simone has formally announced his retirement from the distribution industry, and has partnered with Ball Horticulture Company for his transition. Simone has been with the company since 1975. Gloeckner stopped accepting new orders on December 1, and no longer processed orders past December […]
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OAN awards five new Honorary Life memberships
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— PostedThe Oregon Association of Nurseries has five new honorary life members. All were announced at the 2023 OAN Convention, held at Brasada Ranch, Powell Butte, Oregon. This honor is given in recognition of a lifetime of invaluable service to the nursery and greenhouse industry.
Eason Horticulture Resources hires for national sales team
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— PostedEason Horticulture Resources has hired five new sales representatives for the company’s national sales team. Walter Bissex will support customers in Connecticut, Westchester County, metro New York City and Long Island in New York. Jeff Nameth will serve North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Florida. Matthew Miller will work with Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and Northern […]
Using your inputs efficiently
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— PostedAlthough labor is the largest expense for many nurseries, it isn’t the only expense. Inputs such as water, fertilizer, growing media and even artificial light also impose significant costs for the grower. Entire books could be written on saving water and electricity in a nursery. The Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Oregon Environmental Council […]
An illuminating trend
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— PostedLEDs are helping nurseries gain all kinds of new efficiencies A mid-January morning in Hillsboro, Oregon: It’s gray, it’s drizzly and, most depressingly, it’s dark. Dark enough that 10:30 in the morning feels like dusk, which at this time of year comes far too early for most; dark enough that the region would be lucky to […]