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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
A surprise decision late last week from a U.S. District Court has added more confusion to the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — and the future of the U.S. health insurance system in... 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
A polarized country with a first-term president. A contentious battle for a Supreme Court seat, still fresh in many Americans’ minds. An increasing number of women running for office and wor... Read more
International trade agreements, border security and health care will be key issues facing the 116th Congress after this week’s headline-making midterm elections. Races around the country saw... 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
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
For decades, the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has evaluated a subset (about 2 percent) of the plants-for-planting material (cutt... 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
