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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi during the week of June 3. The purpose of the roundtable... Read more
California Governor Gavin Newsome announced California will ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) said it could take up to two ye... Read more
In a Rose Garden address, President Trump unveiled his proposal to reform America’s immigration system calling it a plan “that puts the jobs, wages and safety of American workers first.” As... Read more
The Trump administration has announced that it will issue an additional 30,000 H-2B non-agricultural seasonal work visas in fiscal year 2019 which ends on September 30. The additional visas... Read more
SAF participated in two events this week to express its support for two prominent members of Congress, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL). Rep. Cuellar sits on the influe... Read more
A series of tweets issued by President Trump over the weekend added more uncertainty to trade talks between the United States and China. On May 5, the president threatened to increase the cu... Read more
A bill which would dramatically increase estate taxes has been introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT). S. 309 is titled the “For the 99.8 Percent Act.” Sen. Sanders asserts that “only 0... Read more
Democratic congressional leaders have said President Trump supports $2 trillion in infrastructure spending after a meeting at the White House earlier this week between Speaker of the House N... Read more
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The census, taken only once every five years, is a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the peo... Read more
SAF and AmericanHort Suggest Improvements to Census of Horticultural Specialties
SAF and AmericanHort submitted joint comments to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in response to its request for input about “ways to enhance the quality, utility, and cla... Read more