Not Logged In. Click Here for Member Login

AmericanHort Joins H-2B Coalition Call for Processing Fixes

AmericanHort Joins H-2B Coalition Call for Processing Fixes On September 9, AmericanHort and the H-2B Coalition sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and Acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling requesting immediate administrative fixes to H-2B processing problems that are preventing approved workers from reaching seasonal employers on time. […]

AmericanHort Urges Congress to Protect Equipment Choice

AmericanHort Urges Congress to Protect Equipment Choice AmericanHort joined a broad coalition representing agriculture, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and other industries in urging congressional leaders to overturn six California emissions rules under the Congressional Review Act. The rules affect vehicles, small off-road engines, commercial harbor craft, and ocean-going vessels and could restrict or prohibit the use […]

AmericanHort and Ohio Members Reach out to Judiciary Chairman

AmericanHort and Ohio Members Reach out to Judiciary Chairman AmericanHort, the National Christmas Tree Association, the Ohio Landscape Association, Ohio Green Industry Association and over 30 Ohio member companies sent a letter requesting Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH-04), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and House Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-PS-15) work on a fix to […]

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 […]