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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor

Editor of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for over 30 years. He owned his own greenhouse - Indian River Ornamentals - in Merritt Island, Florida, after he graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in horticulture. He also had a minor in Journalism, so after he and his wife Laurie sold the greenhouse business, he started writing full-time, first for local publications in Florida and then moving to the Chicago area when he began writing for GrowerTalks. He's been with Ball Publishing for 25 years now and only thinks about retirement once in a while.  

Recent Articles

Acres & Acres
The Hidden Cost of Shrink
Chris Beytes
If you want to take conservative production planning to the next level and get really profitable, you need to get really obsessive about shrink.
GT in Brief
New Online Tool Helps with Dianthus, Pot Carnation Selection
Chris Beytes
Selecta One North America has created a new web resource that helps you figure out the dianthus and pot carnations that are suited to your region and growing conditions.
GT in Brief
Apply Now for Scholarships
Chris Beytes
School is expensive, which is why it’s nice that organizations like the Horticultural Research Institute and the Sidney B. Meadows Scholarship Endowment Fund offer educational scholarships to worthy and eligible horticulture school candidates.
GT in Brief
In Memoriam: Mandy Gerace
Chris Beytes
Mandy Gerace of Welby Gardens and Syngenta Flowers passed away suddenly on February 4. Mandy was just 46.
Cover Story
Filling Their Carts With New Products
Chris Beytes, Ellen C. Wells, Matthew Chappell & Jennifer Polanz
We hit the winter trade shows to check out what’s new. Get the scoop from MANTS, Atlanta Market, TPIE and IPM Essen.
Acres & Acres
Early Signs of Spring
Chris Beytes
It’s not too early to ask a few of my southern grower friends if there are any signs that Spring 2023 will be a good one. Or, conversely, a bad one.
Cover Story
Trade Show Attractions
Chris Beytes, Matthew Chappell & Jennifer Zurko
Highlights of new products from the winter shows.
GT in Brief
IGOTY Award Winners
Chris Beytes
This year’s Internation-al Grower of the Year is ... Brookdale Treeland Nurseries (BTN) of Canada!
Acres & Acres
Shrinkflation (and Its Evil Twin)
Chris Beytes
While shrinkflation and skimpflation are now commonplace in the marketplace, we don’t have to participate.
GT in Brief
Endowment Established in Memory of Russell Weiss
Chris Beytes
There's now an endowment honoring the late Russell Weiss of Kurt Weiss Green-houses on Long Island, who passed away in June of 2021.
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