Did you know that North Dakota has the highest number of pesticide applicators per capita in the United States? Neither did I until that memo came across my desk courtesy of LASN?EUR??,,????'?????<

One of the many improvements made by LASN over the past year or two has been establishing a department dedicated to researching the ever-expanding world of landscape. From personal statistics (90.1% of LASN readers expect their business to stay the same [41.4%] or grow [48.7%] in 2004) to all matter of things (0.4 to 0.5 tons of soil per squared kilometer are lost to soil erosion in an undisturbed forest per year) the research team is piling up interesting and pertinent tidbits that you?EUR??,,????'?????<

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February is a busy month for LASN as we have three trade shows to attend . . . all during the four days of the 17th ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Actually, LASN will be attending 16 trade shows this year, starting in Denver at the Pro Green show and ending in Florida at IAAPA. Of course, we?EUR??,,????'?????<

So, off we go . . . on to the shows, armed with the ammunition of information . . .

Have a great month and God Bless . . .