Last week the House Ways and Means Committee reviewed and approved 11 healthcare related bills which will now make their way to the House floor....
Pesticide Registration Program Takes A Step Forward
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) was recently approved by the Senate. PRIA reauthorizes and improves the law that governs the...
Senate Approves Its Farm Bill
The Senate passed its version of the five-year Farm Bill after it was initially slowed over trade and other issues. The measure was overwhelmingly...
Members of Congress Want to Visit You
Every day, Members of Congress make decisions that affect your business. However, most lawmakers do not know how a grower, a local florist, or a...
‘American Grown Flower Month’ Shines Spotlight on U.S. Growers
An influential U.S. senator from the Golden State recently introduced a resolution celebrating the contributions of American flower growers and...
Trump Administration Issues Final Rule Allowing Association Health Plans
The Trump administration has published a rule that allows for expanded association health plans. The plans, known as AHPs, allow small-business...
House Passes Farm Bill
The House yesterday narrowly passed its version of the Farm Bill on a vote of 213 to 211. As noted in the May 24, 2018 Week in Review, the House...
SAF Opposes Card Check 2.0
SAF this week signed onto a letter to Congress opposing the “Workplace Democracy Act” (WDA) (S. 2810 and H.R. 5728), the most recent iteration of...
As Immigration Debate Intensifies, SAF Continues its Call for Reform
The Trump administration’s decision to enforce federal policies that result in the separation of children and parents who enter the U.S. illegally —...
In a Victory for Floral Industry, USDA to Publish 2018 Floriculture Crops Report
A key government report that provides critical data on floral industry products will be published in 2018 after a two-year hiatus. The U.S....
Proposed Farm Bill Offers More Protection for Flower Breeders
The Senate version of the Farm Bill includes language updating a law that protects the intellectual property of floral industry breeders. The...
Changes To Meals And Entertainment Tax Deductibility
As noted in the December 22, 2017 Week In Review, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act passed by Congress made significant changes to many portions of the tax...
Ohio Nursery Subject of ICE Raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested more than 100 employees at an Ohio gardening and landscaping company on Tuesday. The...
USDA Calls on Growers to Respond to Census of Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is calling on flower growers to respond soon to the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The deadline to respond...
More Progress On Floriculture Industry Priorities
Like the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), requests by SAF and CAD attendees for the continued publication of the Floriculture...