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• The H-2B guest-worker program gets potential one-year increase

  On Feb. 21, DHS began receiving H-2B visa applications for the second half of fiscal year 2018. In five days, DHS received applications from businesses for 47,000 visas for the 33,000 available visas. The available visas were assigned randomly by DHS to applicants.

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• H-2B program status update

  The Byrd’s Group #1 challenge is finding labor in a local economy where the unemployment rate is at 4.2%. We are currently advertising in Charlotte and surrounding counties. We have posted jobs openings as far away as West Virginia, Kentucky, and upstate New York.

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• Top 7 2018 Landscape Trends by NICOLE WISNIEWSKI

  During my morning reading I came across this article in Turf Magazine written by Nicole Wisniewski. The title, Top 7 2018 Landscape Trends, really sparked my interest. Be sure to check out 7. Purple Reign.

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• Two-wire irrigation systems

  Irrigation technology has evolved considerably over the last 20 years. Here is a great article on the 'two-wire irrigation system' by Laureen Dowdle with Landscape Management Magazine

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