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AmericanHort Joins More Than 250 Organizations in Calling for a Bipartisan Senate Farm Bill

AmericanHort Joins More Than 250 Organizations in Calling for a Bipartisan Senate Farm Bill AmericanHort, along with state horticultural associations, joined more than 250 agricultural organizations in a coalition led by the American Farm Bureau Federation urging the Senate Agriculture Committee to advance a bipartisan Farm Bill. The coalition emphasized the importance of enacting legislation […]

AmericanHort Joins Letter Supporting Farm Bill Momentum and Science-Based Pesticide Regulation

AmericanHort Joins Letter Supporting Farm Bill Momentum and Science-Based Pesticide Regulation AmericanHort joined industry partners in a letter applauding the Senate Agriculture Committee’s progress on the 2026 Farm Bill. The letter urges lawmakers to protect the Supreme Court’s Monsanto Co. v. Durnell ruling, which keeps pesticide labeling under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act […]

AmericanHort Joins Amicus Brief in DOL Case

AmericanHort Joins Amicus Brief in DOL Case AmericanHort joined the National Council of Agriculture Employers, Southeastern Legal Foundation, and other agricultural organizations in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to curb the Department of Labor’s (DOL) use of in-house tribunals in H-2A enforcement. In DOL v. Sun Valley Orchards, a family farm faced roughly $550,000 in […]

Ag Groups Send Letter to House Leadership: Pass $12 Billion in Farm Relief Now

Ag Groups Send Letter to House Leadership: Pass $12 Billion in Farm Relief Now AmericanHort joined nearly 50 agricultural organizations in urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA-04) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) to include at least $12 billion in economic relief for agriculture in the House reconciliation package. The White House has requested that Congress […]

AG Groups Backs Sonderling for Labor Secretary

AG Groups Backs Sonderling for Labor Secretary AmericanHort joined more than 45 agricultural organizations in sending a letter to Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee leaders urging swift confirmation of Keith E. Sonderling as Secretary of Labor. The coalition cited Sonderling’s hands-on experience with the H-2A program and his record of regulatory relief […]

AmericanHort Joins Coalition Supporting Small Business BOI Relief

AmericanHort Joins Coalition Supporting Small Business BOI Relief AmericanHort joined a coalition of organizations urging the House to quickly advance the BUILD America 250 Act before current surface transportation law expires on September 30. The bill would provide long-term federal investment in highways, bridges, transit, freight networks, and safety programs, while also supporting project delivery, […]

AmericanHort and the Pesticide Policy Coalition Backs Senate Farm Bill 

AmericanHort and the Pesticide Policy Coalition Backs Senate Farm Bill  The Pesticide Policy Coalition (PPC) sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) supporting the Senate Farm Bill discussion draft developed by Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman (R-AR). The coalition praised provisions that support timely, science-based review […]

AmericanHort Encourages EPA to Keep Momentum on Pesticide Registrations

AmericanHort Encourages EPA to Keep Momentum on Pesticide Registrations AmericanHort joined a coalition of pesticide applicators in sending a letter thanking EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for recent improvements to the pesticide registration process, including efforts to reduce the backlog of pending registration actions. The letter urged the agency to continue science-based decision-making while meeting statutory […]

AmericanHort Urges Exemptions for Key Horticultural Inputs in Section 301 Tariff Investigation

AmericanHort Urges Exemptions for Key Horticultural Inputs in Section 301 Tariff Investigation AmericanHort submitted comments to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on the proposed Section 301 action related to forced labor import enforcement. The investigation began on March 12, 2026, when USTR launched 60 investigations into whether certain economies have failed […]