The U.S. floral industry will soon have — for the first time — comprehensive data on domestic floriculture production and sales in all 50 states...
Floriculture Crops Summary Expands to 50 States
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USDA Opens Grower Aid Application Process
In a major win for the industry’s flower growers — and the retailers, wholesalers and suppliers who depend on them — the U.S. Department of...
USDA Posts Final Biotech Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a final rule May 14 on biotech regulations that would allow the floral industry to innovate more...
USDA Publishes 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published the 2018 Floriculture Crops Summary — a report that came about as a direct result of lobbying...
2017 Census of Agriculture Available
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...
USDA Changing the Way it Looks at Plants-for-Planting Imports
For decades, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has evaluated a subset (about 2 percent)...
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...
SAF to Participate in Federal Specialty Crop Research Plan
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has invited SAF to represent the floral industry at a workshop...
Farm Bill Update
On April 12, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) released his draft text of the 2018 Farm Bill. The Chairman intends to...
APHIS Finalizes Rule For Imported Plants for Planting
SAF has learned that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will be publishing a rule on Monday, March 19th that will have a large...