Columnist Chris Beytes

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Chris Beytes

Chris Beytes Editor-in-Chief

Editor-in-Chief of GrowerTalks, Green Profit magazine and the Acres Online e-newsletter, Chris has been in horticulture for more than 40 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 journalism and a minor in horticulture. 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 since 1993 and only thinks about retirement once in a while.

Recent Articles

Sakata Partners With Kientzler in Guatemala Cutting Farm

Sakata (AKA Sakata America Holding Company, Inc.) announced the formation of a new company called Tikal LLC, a joint venture with the Kientzler family of Germany.

164-Year-Old Bulb Business Closing

Sixth-generation Royal Van Zanten of Hillegom, the Netherlands, will be closing its doors after 164 continuous years in business.

Restart of Schneider Young Plants

Chris Beytes & Jennifer Zurko

In mid-October, the announcement came out that Schneider B.V. had declared bankruptcy.

Proven Winners Partners With Private Equity to Consolidate Ownership, Expand Capabilities

In the first big consolidation/private equity deal horticulture has seen in some time, the owners of Proven Winners have sold a share of their greenhouse businesses and the Proven Winners plant brand to Staple Street Capital, a private equity firm out of New York.

Back in Business

If this aerial photo of Brad’s Bedding in Fort Pierce, Florida, makes the place look brand new that’s because it pretty much is brand new, completely rebuilt one year after a tornado spawned by Hurricane Milton ripped across the property on October 9, 2024.

25 Years in Rear View

The first quarter of the 21st century has been an exciting time to be alive. Let’s relive some of the highlights, shall we?

ASHS Presents Awards to Excellent Ph.D.s

We join the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) in honoring the following award recipients, who were formally recognized at the organization’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, this summer.

New SAF President Named

Lori Wheat of Lafayette Florist, Gift Shop and Garden Center is the new president of the Society of American Florists (SAF).

GreenTech Coming to North America

GreenTech, the big Dutch automation show, is coming to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia September 23-24, 2026.

Minnesota Gets America’s First A1-rated Horticultural Expo

Minnesota is getting the first major, large-scale global horticultural exposition in America approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH).

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