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Industry News
May 2010
- USDA Announces Assistance Program for Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said that orchardists and nursery tree growers can begin applying for benefits under the Tree Assistance Program, which was authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. Signup begins Monday, May 10, 2010, at local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices. The Tree Assistance Program (TAP) provides help to orchardists and nursery tree growers who produce trees, bushes and vines for commercial purposes, to replant or rehabilitate trees, bushes and vines damaged or destroyed by natural disasters. The 2008 Farm Bill expanded eligibility to include Christmas tree and nursery tree growers that were ineligible under prior legislation. Trees grown for pulp or timber or not grown for commercial purposes are not eligible. Producers must also have purchased a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, or for 2008, obtained a waiver of the risk management purchase requirement through the buy-in provision. Eligible losses must have occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2008, and before Oct. 1, 2011. For more information on the new TAP program, please contact your county FSA office or the website at http://www.fsa.usda.gov.
April 2010- 15 Small-Business Tax Deductions: Tracking expenses consistently and accurately can help you shrink your tax bill. Source: Enterpreneur.com
- Entreprenuers Prefer to Keep Staffs Lean After Layoffs, Companies Learn to do More with Less; 'Jobs Aren't Going to Come Back Just Because Business is Better'. Source: online.wsj.com.
ARCHIVES
October 2009
- EPA Promotes Efficient Water Use. by Becke Davis, Source: The Lanscape Contractor August 2009. Published by Illinois Lanscape Contractors Association. <more>
September 2009
- Uproar over stude on organic food. by Maureen O'Hagan. Source: The Seattle Times, August 5, 2009. <more>
- How to: Control plant disease with sanitation. by Betsy Hudgins, Oklahoma State University. Source: www.ground-mag.com. <more>
- Product use restrictions would be imposed without finding of harm to endangered species. Source: Heather H. Hansen. <more>
August 2009
- Is your company a DESTINATION company?
by Jeffery Scott. Source: www.motoc.org. <more>
- Guidelines for success in the age of initiative. by business writer John Graham. Source: Graham Communications. <more>
- Biotech studies hit brick wall scientists say groups 'don't even want to see field research'. Source: Oregon State University. Printed 7/9/2009. <more>
- STORMWATER ACTION ALERT. Costly industrial stormwater general permet to be adopted soon. Source: Association of Washington Business. <more>
- 'Organic label doesn't guarantee quality or taste. Just because it's organic doesn't mean it's the best. Let flavor decide. by Russ Parsons, July 1, 2009. Source: LA Times. <more>
July 2009
It Worked: Drip irrigation, other efforts have led to a cleaner Yakima River Basin 'has gone from being one of the worst examples in the United States to being one of the best.'
by David Lester, Yakima Herald-Republic. <more>
New SAF Research explores generational differences about flower buyers.
Source: Country Folks Grower, June 2009. <more>
Erosion Control with Compost: Using compost to meet TESC and Soil Quality requirements on building sites. Source: BuildingSoil.org. <more>
Measuring the Aeration Porosity and Water-Holding Capacity of Growing Media. Adapted from: Diagnostic and Monitoring Procedures for Nursery Crops.
by Dewayne L. Ingram, Richard W. Henley, and Thomas H. Yeager, University of Florida. <more>
Compost effects on container crops.
by Dr. Rita L. Hummel, Washington State University Puyallup Research and Extension Center. <more>
Permittee responsibilities: Performing work in the right-of-way. Source: Seattle Department of Transportation. <more>
Recession data on the value of marketing through an economic downturn.
Source: Magnet Marketing & Sales, Spring 2009. <more>
Protecting against internal theft. by Steven J. Smith, Managing Editor. Source: ANLA Today, Voume 22, No. 1. <more>
Tax breaks for buinesses. Source: Financial Outlook, 2 Quarter 2009. <more>
Plastic Nursery Pot Recycling Drop-Off Opportunities. click here for a list of businesses.
Shippers Face Sales Tax Hurdle: Law changes how charges are calculated. by Tom Sowa, spokesmanreview.com. <more>
Nursery /Greenhouse Market Snapshot. Source: Northwest Farm Credit Services, March 31, 2008. <more>
UW plan merges forestry school, 5 others. By Nick Perry, Seattle Times higher education reporter. <more>
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