• Basic Information
• Additional Info

Basic Information

• Project No. and Title: S1021 : Managing and Marketing Environmental Plants for Improved Production, Profitability, and Efficiency
• Period Covered: 03/01/2008 to 03/01/2009
• Date of Report: 03/16/2009
• Annual Meeting Dates: 03/02/2009 to 03/03/2009

Participants

Hodges, Alan (awhodges@ufl.edu) University of Florida; Palma, Marco (mapalma@ag.tamu.edu) Texas A&M University; Warnock, Daniel (dwarnock@uiuc.edu) University of Illinois; Behe, Bridget (behe@msu.edu) Michigan State University; Hall, Charlie (c-hall@tamu.edu) Texas A&M University; Dennis, Jennifer (jhdennis@purdue.edu) Purdue University; Stegelin, Forrest ( fstegelin@agecon.uga.edu) University of Georgia; Coker, Christine (cec117@ra.msstate.edu) Mississippi State University; Lopez, Roberto (rglopez@purdue.edu) Purdue University; Ingram, Dewayne (dingram@uky.edu) University of Kentucky; Barton, Sue(sbarton@udel.edu) University of Delaware; Posadas, Ben (benp@ext.msstate.edu) Mississippi State University.

Accomplishments

Impacts

1. Increased wholesale value of nursery and greenhouse crops through increased sales to retail outlets and consumption by end-users and businesses.
2. Improved nursery and greenhouse worker productivity, enhanced by training and education in a method both well understood and retained by English and Spanish speaking workers.
3. Enhanced profitability of 500-2000 firms through better financial information published regionally and nationally for greenhouse and nursery course operations.
4. Identified of costs of production for in-ground nursery operations to improve their ability to calculate costs, charge prices, and earn profits.
5. Improve the speed for which new technologies for nursery and greenhouse operations can be evaluated financially, increasing the adoption of new technologies.

Publications