Nursery machinery The mechanisation of nursery processes is helping growers cut costs and boost productivity

摘要

"Have you heard? Fred is putting up new glasshouses." And the response is: "Really? Well, did you know Andrew down the road had to scrap 100,000 pots this summer?" Gossip between growers will probably always alternate between the "he's doing well" andthe "he's going under" varieties. Of course, this year the weather hasn't helped. A lot of customers were over-optimistic about the level of demand and there is all that legislation getting in the way. And, of course, the shortage of good labour continues to be a nightmare.