SAF, along with other agricultural groups, has given its support to an effort by Sen. Bob Menedez (D-NJ) who is pressing for increased funding for the Minor Crop Pest Management Program Inte... Read more
On April 12, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) released his draft text of the 2018 Farm Bill. The Chairman intends to consider the bill in the full House Agriculture... Read more
NAFTA negotiators have made progress after seven rounds of meetings to discuss modernizing the trade agreement, and it appears there will be no disruptions to the flow of floriculture produc... Read more
Twelve bipartisan measures to restructure and reform the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were approved this week by the House Ways and Means Committee and could reach the House floor by tax d... Read more
Asking Congress to protect floriculture’s workforce and invest in floral research is what nearly 100 retailers, growers, wholesalers and suppliers from across the country will do on behalf o... Read more
FNRI Receives Historic $1 Million in Funding
The Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI) has received $1 million in funding through the omnibus spending bill approved by Congress and signed into law last week by President T... Read more
Because members of SAF met and educated their members of Congress during SAF’s Congressional Action Days, Congress has included significant support for the Floriculture and Nursery Research... Read more
Stories from Capitol Hill: SAF Members Meet, Greet and Educate Lawmakers
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Virginia-6) does not represent Mike Mooney. In fact, Goodlatte, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, represents a district some 2,500 miles from Mooney... Read more
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 impact on some imported plants. First propo... Read more
SAF Members Take to Congress – and the White House – During CAD
More than 90 Society of American Florists members representing all industry segments, three countries, 25 states and the District of Columbia, traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to meet... Read more