Management

Take Control of Managing Your Inventory

Many challenges come with managing production. Predicting demand, accounting for losses, ordering the right number of materials, managing seasonal workers and tracking inventory are some that probably sound familiar. Running your complex business with simple... more »

GPN Wants Your Feedback

GPN's Chat Room is back! Each month, GPN will send out a survey to readers on a variety of topics and report the results in the magazine. Chat Room is a perfect venue to get... more »

Everde Growers Announces Sales Leadership Changes

Everde Growers has announced several changes in its sales management team. The restructure comes nearly four months after the strategic acquisition of La Verne Nursery. Meredith McLeod was promoted to vice president of sales, independent... more »

AdeptAg Acquires Bellpark Horticulture

AdeptAg, which formed earlier this year by combining AgriNomix and Zwart Systems, has made its next acquisition in controlled environment production solutions: Bellpark Horticulture. Based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, Bellpark has been in horticulture... more »

More H-2B Work Visas Available for Fiscal Year 2023

AmericanHort shares the news released from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL), that they will be issuing a regulation to make available to employers an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary... more »

SAF Launches Free Webinars on Mental Wellness

In response to industry feedback and a growing need for resources to help business owners and their teams improve well-being, Society of American Florists (SAF) is launching a series of webinars centered on "Mental Well-Being: The Impact... more »

Think Business — The Right Advice

Of 10 of the top businesses, there are nine different ways they are doing business. There are nine different selling processes. There are nine different organizational structures. There are nine different production procedures. There are... more »

Management — The Forecast for Workforce Issues

As a “frustrated wannabe meteorologist” who couldn’t handle the requisite physics classes, I often turn to weather analogies to describe dynamics in the policy space. When it comes to labor and the horticultural workforce, the... more »