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Floriculture Crops Summary Expands to 50 States
The U.S. floral industry will soon have — for the first time — comprehensive data on domestic floriculture production and sales in all 50 states...
USDA Revises Grower Aid Rules
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is making changes to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) —...
USDA Report: 2020 Wholesale Value of Floriculture Crops Increased
Total floriculture crop value is up, and Florida leads the way in production value, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2020...
SAF Members Urged to ‘Bridge the Partisan Divide’ at CAD
“Small businesses have the ability to straddle the ideological divide and influence issues.” That’s what speaker Mike Cuzzi told four dozen floral...
SAF Secures $500K for Floral Industry Benchmarking Survey
Despite significant challenges, the Society of American Florists recently helped secure an additional $500,000 in funding for the U.S. Department of...
USDA Opens New Round of Grower Aid
The USDA has announced the second round of aid to assist growers with the impact of COVID-19 — and this time, the payouts will be bigger....
USDA Grower Aid Application Deadline Approaches
Time is running out for floriculture growers affected by COVID to apply for the current round of USDA aid through the Coronavirus Food Assistance...
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...
SAF Advocates for Fair USDA Grower Aid Payment Formula
As reported earlier this spring, the Society of American Florists, leading a coalition of other industry trade associations, successfully advocated...
USDA Announces Funding for Specialty Crops Research
The U.S. Department of Agriculture signaled its support for a program aimed at protecting specialty crop growers — including those in the floral...
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...
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...
Congress Funds Another Floriculture Priority
The recent federal spending bill that Congress approved to fund the government included $500,000 for the publication of the Floriculture Crops...
Agriculture Inspection Monitoring Fee Increases
In keeping with the scheduled fee increases noted in an October 2015 rule, the Agriculture Quarantine Inspection (AQI) treatment monitoring fee...