Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation True-up Process
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) provides workers’ compensation coverage based on estimated payroll. Therefore, at the end of the policy year, BWC asks employers to report their actual payroll for the prior policy year and pay any shortage (or receive a refund for any overage) in premium. This process is called a true-up. […]
AmericanHort, California Association of Nurseries, and Oregon Association of Nurseries Coordinate Industry Response to State Plastics Regulations
Rachel Pick, Jeff Stone – OAN, Emily Rooney – CAN AmericanHort is working closely with state nursery and landscape association partners to monitor the growing number of state extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws and proposals affecting plastic packaging. Seven states – California, Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington – have enacted packaging EPR programs, while similar policies […]
Senate Ag Committee Holds Farm Bill Markup
By Matt Mika The Senate Agriculture Committee marked up the Farm Bill 2.0 with over 200 amendments on Thursday, August 6. The committee lacked enough votes to advance a farm bill Thursday due to partisan division over issues related to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Committee failed to report the bill out of committee on a […]
New Section 338 Tariffs on Canadian Imports: What Horticulture Businesses Need to Know
On July 20, President Trump issued three proclamations imposing an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian products under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The actions respond to Canadian policies affecting U.S. motor vehicles, alcoholic beverages, and dairy exports and are scheduled to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 19, 2026. Together, the tariffs […]
Important Win for Horticulture in New Section 301 Tariff Action
The Office of the United States Trade Representative investigated 60 economies and determined that each had failed, in some form, to impose or effectively enforce a prohibition on imports made with forced labor. In response, USTR imposed new tariffs on most products from those economies beginning July 24, 2026. The new tariff rates generally fall into two categories: For the European […]
Meet David McKinney
Five questions with a 2020 HortScholar David McKinney is Curator of Collections and Grounds at Iowa Arboretum and Gardens, where he blends formal horticulture, prairie restoration, and native woodland management across 170 acres. Since participating in the AmericanHort HortScholar virtual program in 2020, David has become a leading voice in conversations around ecological gardening, native […]
Who Will Tend What You’ve Grown?
By Tommy Irvine, lead agriculture advisor, Pinion The horticulture industry is approaching a major wave of generational turnover. Many business owners today are Baby Boomers in their 60s and 70s, meaning a significant number are expected to retire within this decade. When veteran owners step away without a transition strategy, key decisions stall, institutional knowledge […]
Follow Along on the Plug & Cutting Production Tour Trail
The Plug & Cutting Conference’s Experiential Production Tours are a deep dive into both production and operations management. Young plant growers from across North America will gather in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the 2026 Plug & Cutting Conference, hosted by AmericanHort. Scheduled for September 14-16, the biennial event is designed specifically for professionals specializing in plugs, […]
Data, Dialogue and the Future of Young Plants
Young plant production keeps it human in an increasingly digital field. Young plant production has always required precision, timing, and an eye for detail. But today’s plug and cutting producers are increasingly relying on something beyond traditional greenhouse operations and intuition. They are dependent on data. At two stops on the 2026 Plug & Cutting […]