The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published the 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary — a report that came about as a direct result of lobbying...
SAF and other groups representing small businesses joined together this week to provide comments on a proposed US Department of Labor (DOL) overtime...
In its role as the voice of the floral industry, SAF attended events in support of Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Mike Conaway (R-TX). Rep. Panetta...
In a Fox News interview that aired last weekend, President Trump expressed reservations about E-Verify, an online tool from the federal government...
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host Regional Regulatory Reform Roundtables in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi during the...
California Governor Gavin Newsome announced California will ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos. The California Environmental Protection...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Securing $1 million in new funding for the Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI), reinstating the Floriculture Crops 2018 Summary...
As noted in the December 21, 2018, Week In Review, the federal government partially shut down at midnight on that date because several...
Acclaimed political analyst Reid Wilson will kick off the Society of American Florists’ 39th Annual Congressional Action Days on March 11. “We are...
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...
SAF and AmericanHort submitted joint comments to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in response to its request for input about...