Landscape Management, December 2018
profit centers Team challenge A new survey confirms that hiring and retention are the top struggles for the turf and ornamental care side of the industry BY MARISA PALMIERI A recent survey of lawn care and landscape professionals by Environmental Science a business unit of Bayer Crop Science revealed that lawn care operators LCOs are struggling with the same primary challenge as the larger green industry lack of qualified team members Heres a look at some of the surveys findings LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET DECEMBER 2018 20 ILLUSTRATIONS ISTOCK COM PAVLO STAVNICHUK YEVHENII DUBINKO LYSENKOALEXANDER TURF ORNAMENTAL CARE NEWSFEED J R SIMPLOT CO TO EXPAND The J R Simplot Co a diversified global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise Idaho is expanding its turf horticulture and specialty plant nutrition business to the southeastern U S Simplot Partners has locations in 16 other states all in the West as well as two locations in Australia NEW SITEONE SPRAY SYSTEM SiteOne Landscape Supply released its new LESCO Smart Guided precision spray system a GPSguided system Designed for turf spaces where a commercial spreader would be used the system can connect with most common sprayers The systems Terra Star GPS satellite technology allows the system to spray within a 2 inch level of accuracy Precise control of each separate nozzle reduces overspray 40 Percentage of respondents who said a shallow bench or not enough team members is the challenge with the most impact on their business This was particularly true for companies with 10 or more employees Approximately the same amount or 43 percent of participants ranked an unhappy fan base as having the least impact on their business 6 10 Number of respondents who say they have die hard customers Maintaining strong customer satisfaction doesnt appear to be a key challenge for lawn and landscape companies Others reported having fair weather fans 31 percent or noncommittal fans 11 percent
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