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    2. A high school summer academy’s effect on increasing awareness of the horticulture industry and its potential to develop future horticulturists

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Mitchell, E. Shelley (author), Moss, Justin Q. (author), and Oklahoma State University
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-04
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 16 Document Number: D10446
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    27(2) : 269-274
    Notes:
    6 pages., Via online journal., This study examines the impact of a residential horticultural career academy, Camp Tomorrow’s Undergraduates Realizing the Future (TURF), conducted from 2010 to 2016 at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater, OK. Each year, up to 25 Oklahoma high school students were engaged in 2 weeks of hands-on activities representing a variety of horticulture-related careers. Instructors for Camp TURF included OSU faculty, staff, and graduate students from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, related OSU departments, and horticulture and landscape architecture industry professionals. The Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education sponsored this career academy, which was geared toward potential first-generation college students, and helped to expose students to the university atmosphere as well as expand their knowledge of science- and math-related career fields. Pre- and postassessments given at Camp TURF show significant changes in college readiness and familiarity with horticulture careers, but did not necessarily increase interest in particular horticulture and landscape architecture careers. Upon following up with academy graduates, we learned that the academy has been a positive experience for numerous attendees, with 76.6% going on to higher education and two students majoring in horticulture and landscape architecture-related areas.

    4. AgTIPS: a computerized voice-mail system for delivering lawn, garden, and horticulture information to the public

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Legg, D.E. (author), Davis, R. L. (author), and Buk, J.P. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1993-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11140
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    <3 (2): 245-248>

    5. Agricultural databases for decision support

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Eastwood, B.R. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1998-07
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11153
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    <8 (3): 320-324>
    Notes:
    Paper presented at the colloquium "Implementing HortBase: Horticulture global information system for decision support" held July 23-26, 1997, Salt Lake City, Utah. Includes references

    6. An electronically based horticultural information retrieval system

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Davis, G.L. (author), Gilman, E.F. (author), and Beck,-H.W. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1996-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11138
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    <6 (4): 332-336>
    Notes:
    Includes references

    8. Blueberry producers' attitudes towards harvest mechanization for fresh market

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gallardo, Karina R. (author), Stafne, Eric T. (author), Devetter, Lisa Wasko (author), Zhang, Qi (author), Li, Charlie (author), Takeda, Fumiomi (author), Williamson, Jeffrey (author), Yang, Wei Qiang (author), Cline, William O. (author), Beaudry, Randy (author), Allen, Renee (author), and Washington State University Mississippi State University University of Georgia University of Florida Oregon State University Michigan State University
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-02
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 11 Document Number: D10337
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    28(1) : 10-16
    Notes:
    7 pages., Via online journal., The availability and cost of agricultural labor is constraining the specialty crop industry throughout the United States. Most soft fruits destined for the fresh market are fragile and are usually hand harvested to maintain optimal quality and postharvest longevity. However, because of labor shortages, machine harvest options are being explored out of necessity. A survey on machine harvest of blueberries (Vaccinium sp.) for fresh market was conducted in 2015 and 2016 in seven U.S. states and one Canadian province. Survey respondents totaled 223 blueberry producers of various production sizes and scope. A majority (61%) indicated that their berries were destined for fresh markets with 33% machine harvested for this purpose. Eighty percent said that they thought fruit quality was the limiting factor for machine-harvested blueberries destined for fresh markets. Many producers had used mechanized harvesters, but their experience varied greatly. Just less than half (47%) used mechanical harvesters for fewer than 5 years. Most respondents indicated that labor was a primary concern, as well as competing markets and weather. New technologies that reduce harvesting constraints, such as improvements to harvest machinery and packing lines, were of interest to most respondents. Forty-five percent stated they would be interested in using a modified harvest-aid platform with handheld shaking devices if it is viable (i.e., fruit quality and picking efficiency is maintained and the practice is cost effective). Overall, the survey showed that blueberry producers have great concerns with labor costs and availability and are open to exploring mechanization as a way to mitigate the need for hand-harvest labor.

    9. Business and marketing practices of U.S. landscape firms

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Torres, Ariana (author), Barton, Susan S. (author), Behe, Bridget K. (author), and Purdue University University of Delaware Michigan State University
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2017-12
    Published:
    United States: American Society for Horticultural Science
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 12 Document Number: D10349
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    27(6) : 884-892
    Notes:
    9 pages., Via online journal., Little information has been published on the business and marketing practices of landscape firms, an important sector of the green industry. We sought to profile the product mix, advertising, marketing, and other business practices of United States landscape firms and compare them by business type (landscape only, landscape/retail, and landscape/retail/grower) as well as by firm size. We sent the 2014 Trade Flows and Marketing survey to a wide selection of green industry businesses across the country and for the first time included landscape businesses. Herbaceous perennials, shade trees, deciduous shrubs, and flowering bedding plants together accounted for half of all landscape sales; 3/4 of all products were sold in containers. However, landscape only firms sold a higher percentage of deciduous shrubs compared with landscape/retail/grower firms. Landscape businesses diversified their sales methods as they diversified their businesses to include production and retail functions. Landscape businesses spent, on average, 5.6% of sales on advertising, yet large landscape companies spent two to three times the percentage of sales on advertising compared with small- and medium-sized firms. Advertising as a percent of sales was three to four times higher for landscape/retail/grower compared with landscape only or landscape/retail firms; most respondents used Internet advertising as their primary method of advertising. The top three factors influencing price establishment in landscape businesses were plant grade, market demand, and uniqueness of plants, whereas inflation was ranked as the least important of the nine factors provided. A higher percentage of small and medium-sized firms perceived last year’s prices as more important in price establishment compared with large firms. A high percentage of large landscape companies said the ability to hire competent hourly employees was an important factor in business growth and management, but this was true only for about half of the small and medium-sized landscape companies.

    10. Citrus management surveys as tools for extension programming

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Taylor, C.L. (author), Ferguson, J.J. (author), and Israel, G.D. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1995
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11155
    Journal Title:
    HortTechnology
    Journal Title Details:
    <5 (1): 67-71>
    Notes:
    Includes references