AmericanHort and Ag Industry Warns Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada About the Severe Impact of Potential Rail Disruptions

AmericanHort and Ag Industry Warns Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada About the Severe Impact of Potential Rail Disruptions AmericanHort and other organizations from the agricultural industry that heavily rely on freight rail services from Canadian National Railway Company and CPKC sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada expressing serious concern over […]

AmericanHort requests EPA to Extend Comment Period for Draft Insecticide Strategy

AmericanHort requests EPA to Extend Comment Period for Draft Insecticide Strategy AmericanHort, along with the fellow members of the Pesticide Policy Coalition (PPC), submitted a letter to EPA Deputy Assistant Administration Jake Li of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, requesting that EPA offer an extension from 60 days to 90 days for […]

AmericanHort Urges Senate to Delay Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadline

AmericanHort Urges Senate to Delay Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadline AmericanHort, along with 119 other organizations representing millions of small businesses, urges the Senate Banking Committee to support amendments to the FY2025 National Defense Authorization Act that would delay the Corporate Transparency Act’s filing deadline by one year. The amendments, sponsored by Senators Tim Scott […]

ESA Risk Assessment Reform Letter

Risk Assessment Reform Letter AmericanHort joined over 315 additional agriculture groups in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), encouraging an open dialogue with stakeholders as the agency approaches the release of Endangered Species Act strategies. Open communication would ensure stakeholders like AmericanHort members know that the EPA is committed to using current and […]

Farm Bill Coalition Letter

Farm Bill Coalition Letter AmericanHort and over 500 additional organizations send letter to Congressional and Agriculture Committee Leaders expressing the importance of passing a bipartisan farm bill that can pass both chambers of Congress before the current farm bill expires in September. View Letter

AmericanHort Calls for Reforms to EPA’s IRIS Program in FY2025 Appropriations

AmericanHort Calls for Reforms to EPA’s IRIS Program in FY2025 Appropriations AmericanHort, along with 40 industry stakeholders, is urging both the House and Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies to address significant concerns with the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program in the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations bill. This letter highlights issues […]

H-2B Coalition Disappointed with House Rules Committee Pulling Out a Bipartisan Provision

H-2B Coalition Disappointed with House Rules Committee Pulling Out a Bipartisan Provision The H-2B Workforce Coalition, of which AmericanHort is on the Steering Committee, expressed deep disappointment as a bipartisan amendment to the FY 2025 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill was removed without notice, and sent the attached letter voicing our frustration with the […]

Organizations Pen Letter to President Biden over Port Labor Negotiations

Organizations Pen Letter to President Biden over Port Labor Negotiations AmericanHort joined over 150 organizations representing stakeholders across the supply chain in urging the administration to intervene in labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance. The current contract, covering East and Gulf Coast ports, is due to expire […]

AmericanHort Encourages House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership to Reauthorize the FIFRA Interagency Work Group in 2024 Farm Bill

AmericanHort Encourages House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership to Reauthorize the FIFRA Interagency Work Group in 2024 Farm Bill AmericanHort joined over 30 agriculture organizations in sending a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees in support of the reauthorization of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act […]