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March 6, 2023

Greenhouse automation: Saving time and money

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Whether you’re looking at your greenhouse’s heating, ventilation or production equipment, automation continues to play a key role in the horticulture industry. When was the last time you took a hard look at how or where your operation might

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March 6, 2023

Tarping: Weed control and a secret sauce

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More mixed vegetables growers are experimenting with tarping as a way to control weeds. It’s a simple concept – stretching large swaths of silage tarps across the soil prior to planting.

“We tarp everything with the exception of any

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March 2, 2023

Considering Containers

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Those black plastic pots are most likely the containers that comes to mind when talking nursery sales of potted plants. But today, the use of petroleum-based plastics can be both a social and an environmental faux pas. What’s a

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March 2, 2023

New Shoots From Stubs

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While the meetings and education sessions at events like Great Lakes Expo are valuable and informative, the posters sharing research from graduate students shouldn’t be ignored. They provide bite-sized nuggets of larger projects worth looking into.

The title on

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February 7, 2023

MANTS attendance returns to pre-pandemic levels

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The 2023 Mid Atlantic Nursery Trade Show (MANTS) welcomed more than 11,000 attendees, including exhibitors, in Baltimore from Jan. 11 – 13.

Known as the Masterpiece of Trade Shows™, MANTS jump-started the 2023 green industry trade show season

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February 2, 2023

Farmers market SNAP program continues to grow

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by Gail March Yerke

Does your farmers market accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit cards? If not, you may be missing out on a program that offers both a significant additional income stream for your vendors and an

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February 2, 2023

Using greenhouse temperature to your advantage

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by Courtney Llewellyn

Using temperature to maximize crop quality and profitability is a critical part of growing in greenhouses. It was also the topic discussed by John Erwin, Ph.D., of the Plant Science & Landscape Architecture Department with the

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December 27, 2022

For the customers

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When Art Smith and Mary Eckstrom purchased the East Pierre Landscape and Garden Center seven years ago, they had no experience operating a business. But as the couple read books on business management, they discovered a common theme: draw

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December 6, 2022

Strategies for increasing biodiversity

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Recently the Department of Agriculture announced a $300 million Organic Transition Initiative designed to support the increased production of organic agriculture. The number of farmers transitioning to organic farming has dropped significantly in the past 15 years.

If you’re

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December 6, 2022

Beyond organic – Lane’s End Farm

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It’s definitely not your typical farming operation. From the technique of permanent raised bed row cropping to the strategic placement of natural areas for beneficial species, Liz and Corey Aquino of Lane’s End Farm exemplify what can be done

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