Following a prolonged budget impasse, the federal government was poised at press time to initiate a partial shutdown midnight on Friday. Earlier this week, the Senate passed a short-term spe... Read more
The US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has revised the Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual. The Costa Rica Lilium and Costa Rica Rosa have been removed from the... Read more
SAF, along with other agricultural groups, sent a letter this week to leaders of the Agricultural Committees in the House and Senate urging them to approve the reauthorization of the Pestici... Read more
With the midterm elections over, members of the House and Senate returned to Washington last week for a lame duck session with a full agenda of unfinished legislation awaiting them. A lame d... Read more
SAF, along with several other groups which are members of the Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC), submitted a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Small Business & Entrepre... Read more
Americans will go to the polls on November 6 and decide who will control the House and Senate. In 2016 conventional wisdom took a beating when Donald Trump was elected president and the Sena... Read more
SAF met with a senior Trump Administration official and discussed the concerns about health care insurance choice and affordability faced by the floriculture industry. SAF noted that it was... Read more
SAF has developed a short survey so its members can weigh-in on their public policy priorities. Members of SAF proved that they are a powerful force for the floriculture industry during SAF’... Read more
In the wake of several high-profile accomplishments in Washington, SAF would like to get feedback about the public policy issues important to you. During Congressional Action Days (CAD) 2018... Read more
Most commercial truckers, including those in the floral industry, are required by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations to use electronic logging devices (ELDs) to maintain a r... Read more
