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How to Spot, Stop, and Prevent Thrips in Your Greenhouse
Greenhouses are uniquely vulnerable to thrips. Stable temperatures let them breed year-round, continuous plant material gives them an endless food source, and limited natural enemies mean nothing keeps their numbers in check. With so many variables working against them, growers often underestimate how quickly a single overlooked thrips can spiral into a full-on infestation. “Thrips’ Continue Reading »
OHP Expands Sales Team with New Hire and Internal Promotion
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina | March 12, 2026 – AMGUARD™ Environmental Technologies (“AMGUARD”), the specialty markets division of AMVAC Chemical Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Vanguard Corporation (“AVD”), today announced two key additions to its OHP sales organization: the hiring of Alfredo Lara as Technical Sales Manager and the promotion of Joe Continue Reading »
Samurai Precision Meets Midwest Horticulture: Inside the Collaboration Driving Grafting Automation
At Ohio State, a compact Japanese machine is helping researchers rethink what’s possible with vegetable grafting — and opening new doors for crop resilience, labor savings, and food system innovation. In a quiet greenhouse at The Ohio State University, a compact robot is doing something profound: it’s grafting tomatoes with near-perfect accuracy, and it’s doing Continue Reading »