Positions & Statements

AmericanHort cosigns letter supporting pesticide oversight at the state level AmericanHort cosigned a letter to Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry; Glenn “GT” Thompson Chairman, House Committee on Agriculture; John Boozman, Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry; and David Scott, Ranking

National Christmas Tree Association filed official comments on the Department of Labor’s latest proposed changes to the H-2A AmericanHort and federal advocacy partner the National Christmas Tree Association filed official comments on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) latest proposed changes to the H-2A agricultural worker program. The comment period ended

PPWO Files Comments on Proposed Employee Exemptions The Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO), AmericanHort and 243 other organizations urged the U.S. Department of Labor to abandon the proposed 69 percent increase to the minimum salary for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) exemption. PPWO members believe that employees and

AmericanHort Letters Addressing H-2B Program Reform AmericanHort writes to Chairman Dick Durbin, Chairman Jim Jordan, Ranking Member Lindsey Graham, and Ranking Member Jerry Nadler, authors of the draft Seasonal Workforce Protection Act, to urge Congress to address H-2B reform in a way that works for our members and the H-2B program.

Partnership To Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) and 87 organizations representing private, public, nonprofit, and educational entities sent letters to House and Senate lawmakers requesting that they urge the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division to withdraw its proposed overtime pay regulations. The Department has proposed to increase

Letter To The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency AmericanHort has recently signed on to this letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about concerns to a recently proposed herbicide use strategy. The letter highlights concern with the complexity of the proposal; the lack of compliance options for producers/applicators; the financial

Agriculture Workforce Coalition The Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC), of which AmericanHort is a steering committee member, has submitted a formal letter requesting an additional 30 days to comment on the Department of Labor’s newly proposed H-2A rule, “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment.” The AWC serves as the

U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Letter AmericanHort is one of fourteen organizations representing specialty crop growers who are urging U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Administrator Kevin Shea to consider increasing funding allocation for the National Clean Plant Network by at least $1.125 million in the upcoming FY 2023 program

Regulation and Labeling of Pesticides Letter to the President AmericanHort joins a coalition of horticulture and agriculture organizations to share concerns with President Biden about recent changes in the regulation and labeling of pesticides.  Read the full letter here. Latest Articles

DHS & DOL Temporary Final Rule on Additional H-2B Visas The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) today announced the forthcoming publication of a joint temporary final rule to make available an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for the second half of fiscal