Technology in the Green Industry
9 a.m. - Noon Room A 107-109
Audience Guide: Business Practices
Moderator: Aaron Allison, partner, SBI Nursery Software
9 - 10:00 a.m.
Control Your Inventory — Control Your Business
Experienced User Panel
Sometimes it is easy to forget just how much money is growing out of the ground in plant inventory. But running a successful business means managing inventory tightly & efficiently. And in this industry, inventory is not comprised of widgets on a shelf — inventory grows, dies, shifts up, ready dates change, etc.
Handheld inventory management is also key in this industry – get control where you need it most; in the field! Users can perform complete inventory management from the field: plants, counts, dumps, location changes and size shifts. Learn from your peers how an effective inventory management system allows for this and gives you the inventory visibility and control you need for a profitable business.
10:00 - 11 a.m.
Production Software: The Holy Grail of the Green Industry
Experienced User Panel
It is not a secret that wholesale plant production is a difficult thing to manage, plan and execute. Production management software allows users to plan what quantities they want to have available and when. The system then drives production of that plant material from ordering bill of materials, seeding or sticking cuttings, transplants and all tasks associated with production. Learn from your peers how to use a production management system to improve your wholesale growing business.
11 a.m. - Noon
POS & Wireless Sales: The Perfect Retail Combination
Experienced User Panel
Retail garden centers and landscape distribution centers alike can benefit greatly from a point of sale system combined with a wireless sales application. A wireless sales system offers mobility to create sales live from the yard over wireless. Users can also control inventory and receive inventory from vendors all live on a handheld. Learn from your peers how you could benefit from this technology in all parts of their business including increased sales & improved customer service.
Farwest Sustainability Series
Minimizing Environmental Impact During Production
9 a.m. - Noon Room B 110-112
Audience Guide: Greenhouse, Nursery
Moderator: Betsey Miller, graduate research assistant, OSU- NWREC
9 - 10:00 a.m.
Save Money, Limit Waste by Increasing Water and Nutrient Use Efficiency
Speaker: Dr. Jim Owen, assistant professor, Oregon State University
Nurseries are looking for methods to reduce costs while boosting income. This is becoming more difficult with fertilizer costs increasing, water resources becoming limited and heightened environmental scrutiny. This presentation will introduce and explore the concept of increasing production efficiency while decreasing environmental impact by keeping nutrients and water in the container. This talk will look at methods that include soilless substrate amendments, fertilization practices, and water management.
10 - 11:00 a.m.
Remediation of Runoff for Recycling or Release
Speaker: Dr. Sarah A. White, environmental toxicology, Clemson University
Information about implementing best management practices for growing plants and managing pests is readily available. However, less information is available about minimizing environmental impacts of agrochemicals and irrigation water once they exit nursery production areas. This talk will discuss current research about cost-effective, sustainable technologies that minimize environmental impacts, introduce cost-saving measures such as nutrient capture and reuse and give insights into the range of treatment technologies available to help manage runoff whether it be for recycling within the nursery or release offsite.
11 a.m. - Noon
Agrichemical Impacts on Nursery Runoff Water and Potential Mitigation Strategies for Improving Runoff Water Quality
Speaker: Dr. Chris Wilson, associate professor, University of Florida/IFAS
Nutrients and pesticides may leave nursery production areas in surface runoff and drainage water. These agrichemicals may be toxic to non-target plants and animals, or they may stimulate undesirable changes (i.e. algal blooms) in the receiving aquatic ecosystem. This presentation will discuss non-target deposition and subsequent losses of pesticides in nursery runoff water, nitrate loading estimates from fertigated production areas, and progress in the development of an experimental-scale bioreactor system for efficiently removing nitrate from nursery runoff water.
Building a Flexible, Responsive Organization
9 a.m. - Noon Room B 113-115
Audience Guide: Retail
Speaker: Jean Meeks, organizational strategist,
positive eye consulting, inc.
Moderator: Amy Daniel, co-owner, Pleasant Hill Nursery
As nurseries struggle to navigate the turbulent economic and environmental forces of the 21st century the following question must be asked: How do you make breakthroughs in your organizational performance? Simply put how do you look at complex issues in the nursery industry from a different perspective? How do you work SMARTER not HARDER?
By studying the past and sharing intense dialogue for change you can uncover key factors that build resiliency for the long-term. Every day in the nursery industry you wake up to uncertainty. Not only must you make key decisions with potentially significant implications, but you must also make the decisions based on information that may and often does change quickly. Having a management strategy and improvement philosophy to draw upon makes even the toughest decisions easier, consistent, and better.
You’ll leave this highly interactive seminar knowing:
- Why current performance improvement efforts fail (and how to avoid that rut)
- What are your root causes of success
- How to apply systemic, strategic thinking to problem-solving using a new strategic planning model
- Which tools can identify when performance problems require action
- How change affects the workforce and how to embrace change and innovation during turbulent times
Greenhouse Nursery Production
9 a.m. - Noon Room B 117-119
Audience Guide: Greenhouse
Moderator: Treda McCaw, west coast inside sales, Bailey Nurseries Inc.
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Propagation Systems for Greenhouse Crops
Speaker: Robert Geneve, professor, University of Kentucky
This seminar will address propagation systems including seed germination, dormancy and vigor as well as dynamic control systems for mist propagation. Specific examples will be given for impatiens, poinsettia, and purple coneflower.
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
PGR Basics – What You Need to Know to Get Started
Speaker: Dr. Brian Krug, extension specialist, greenhouse/floriculture, University of New Hampshire
Have you never used PGR’s before, or used them with less than desirable results? PGR’s can be a very useful tool, but sometimes not the easiest to use. The answers to the questions you’ve been asking – "Which PGR to use?", "When to use a PGR?" , "How to apply them?", "What about generics?" will be covered. Plus the easiest way to calculate your rates will be demonstrated.
11 a.m. - Noon
Perennial Production and Scheduling
Speaker: Jeff LaCourse, perennial product manager, Ball Horticulture Company
This seminar will provide an in depth training delivered in laymen’s terms on scheduling of perennials to ensure flowering occurs. LaCourse will also demystify the terms of Bulking, Juvenility, Vernalization and Photo Period.
Discounted pricing is available through July 31!
» Register in Advance for the show and you will be entered to win one free All Sessions Seminar Pass.
Schedule
Cost
- All sessions: $90 by July 31
- After July 31 - $110
- Single day: $60 by July 31
- After July 31 - $70
- Keynote only
(Wed eve):
$25 OAN members
$35 nonmembers
Seminar registration includes admission to the Farwest Show.
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Key to Symbols
English-to-Spanish simultaneous translation
Pesticide recertification credits available
