UCNFA News

Fall 2012 Edition (Volume 16, Issue 3)

The University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) aims to serve the educational needs of the various agricultural production industries in California that produce greenhouse ornamental crops and outdoor nursery products. UCNFA News is a periodic publication focusing on issues and new research in subject areas of interest to the nursery and floriculture industry.

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Editor's note

Despite their astuteness and abilities in other areas, most managers in agriculture have little formal education in business and even less in human resource management. Yet managing people is an essential part of growing nursery stock or flowers. The two feature articles in this issue of UCNFA News are a brief introduction into the importance of managing farm labor and recommended practices in hiring new personnel. The authors — Howard Rosenberg (UCCE Specialist emeritus) and Gregorio Billikopf (UCCE Farm Personnel Advisor) — will be contributing articles and web-links with similar information in future newsletters.

Steve Tjosvold
Julie Newman
Editors