May 31, 2012

Farwest Show Announces Seminar LineupSource: Farwest Show

The 2012 Farwest Show has announced the line-up of professional seminars for this year’s event.

The show will take place Aug. 23 to 25, at the Oregon Convention Center, in Portland, Oregon.

“Farwest seminars are designed to provide some of the most valuable professional development in the nursery, landscape and garden center businesses,” Niemi said. “And this year’s lineup is one of our best in a decade,” says Farwest show director Allan Niemi.

Among the 45 speakers conducting 29 seminars throughout all three days of the show, highlights include garden center business consultant Sid Raisch on “Inventory and Price Strategies for Healthy Margins-The Merchant Advantage.” Horticulture professors Dr. Raymond Cloyd will conduct a seminar on “Pesticides and Biological Control: Are These Two Strategies Compatible?” and Dr. Charlie Hall will talk on “Cost Accounting- How to Make the Most Out of Your Bottom Line.”

For the full schedule of 2012 Farwest seminars visit http://www.farwestshow.com/seminarschedule.shtml.