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Weekly Nursery News
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Weekly NMPRO e-mail for Oct. 21, 2003 Your update on what's happening in the nursery industry. Compiled by Todd Davis, Editor * USDA issues ash borer quarantine. After a year of lobbying efforts by state and national nursery groups, USDA issued a quarantine for emerald ash borer in 13 Michigan counties. A Mich. Dept. of Ag. quarantine was already in place, but a federal quarantine will further help prevent spread of the destructive pest. To date, EAB has caused about $2 million in lost nursery crop sales and $11.6 million in landscape industry and wood lot losses in the state. http://www.aphis.usda.gov/lpa/news/2003/10/eaborer.html * Periodical cicada will emerge in 2004. East Coast growers should be mindful that a 17-year periodical cicada is due to arrive next spring. These pests emerge in huge numbers May through July. They are primarily pests of orchard crops, but can damage young trees and shrubs, said Sue duPont, Maryland Dept. of Ag. dir. of public information. Adults are large, have black bodies, red eyes and make a rough, buzzing call. (410) 841-5889. * Officials put off pot size enforcement until April. Pennsylvania growers have more time before a ruling on gallon or quart container terminology goes into effect. Pa. Dept. of Ag. pushed back the effective date for enforcing regulations from Nov. 1 to April. 1. State regulations require ads and labels accurately reflect container volume. Departmental regulations also set forth that a pot, which is advertised or labeled by linear measure, such as a 4 1/2-inch pot, must measure that length on one side if it's square, and must be the diameter of the top of the pot if it's round. http://www.pda.state.pa.us * Canadian nursery show hits Top 50. Landscape Ontario Congress was named one of the Top 50 fastest growing trade shows by TradeShow Week magazine. The Toronto show had more than 14,400 attendees in 2003. Show dates for 2004 are Jan. 13-15, and the event also features an expanded seminar program. Landscape Ontario is Canada's largest horticulture trade association, with more than 2,000 members. http://www.hort-trades.com * Connecticut employers must obey smoking law. A new law in Connecticut requires companies with more than 5 employees to ban smoking inside structurally enclosed work facilities, according to Conn. Nursery & Landscape Assoc. Employees may elect to designate a smoking room, but they must be non-work areas that employees don't have to go to as part of their jobs. It must also have a separate ventilation system from the rest of the building. Employers with smoking rooms must also provide sufficient nonsmoking break rooms. |
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