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Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA Extends Firewood Quarantine Order » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) on March 23, 2024 extended its quarantine on firewood. The m...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) 35 Pennsylvania Counties Now Under Drought Declarations » HARRISBURG – The Governor and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) have declared drought watches and...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Sales Tax Questions » HARRISBURG – PLNA has recently had several questions about sales tax, particularly what is covered for landscape contracto...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) One Call/811 Reauthorization Signed by Governor » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania 811 “Call before you dig” program reauthorization bill, scheduled to sunset at the en...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) End of Session Recap » HARRISBURG – On November 30, the Pennsylvania General Assembly session will come to an end sine die . At that poin...
Monday, November 25, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA PAC Needs Your Help! » HARRISBURG - PLNA urges you to contribute to the PLNA PAC, the fund that drives our government relations efforts on your b...
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA PAC Needs Your Help! » Donate to the PLNA PAC now: https://www.plna.com/page/PLNA_PAC All contributions matched dollar for dollar by Mike...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Could 811- PAOneCall Program Expire? » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania 811 “Call before you dig” program will sunset at the end of this year if not reauthoriz...
Monday, September 30, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Bills Introduced to Give Local Governments Control Over Pesticide Regulation » HARRISBURG - Rep. O’Mara (D-Delaware) has introduced a bill ( HB 2569 ) to allow local governments to pass their own pesti...
Monday, August 26, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Drought Stopped Short by Hurricane Debbie, Three Pa. Counties Still Declared Drought Disasters » HARRISBURG - Before hurricane Debbie swept up the East Coast in early August, many counties in Pennsylvania were teetering...
Thursday, July 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA to Make Decision on Center for Plant Excellence Soon » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture last May issued a request for proposals (RFP) to create a Center f...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Revisions to Plant Pest Act Introduced in General Assembly » HARRISBURG – Long awaited revision to the Plant Pest Act, the key piece of legislation governing Pennsylvania’s green indu...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Revisions to Plant Pest Act Introduced in General Assembly » HARRISBURG – Long awaited revision to the Plant Pest Act, the key piece of legislation governing Pennsylvania’s green indu...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Pennsylvania Legislators Seek to Give Local Governments Pesticide Regulatory Powers » HARRISBURG – State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara (D – Delaware) and Senator Timothy Kearney (D – Delaware) have declared their inte...
Monday, April 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) CPNWC Looks to Future Problem Plants » HARRISBURG – The Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee of the Pa. Dept. Of Agriculture met on April 18. No plants we...
Monday, April 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Pesticide Certification Exam Will Move to Closed-Book this Fall » HARRISBURG – At the March 27 meeting of the Pesticide Advisory Board at Pa. Dept. of Agriculture (PDA), the Department upd...
Monday, April 22, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Lawn and Landscape Leads PDA Pesticide Enforcement Actions » HARRISBURG – A review of Fiscal Year 2023 (July 1, 2022- June 30, 2023) enforcement data at the quarterly meeting of the P...
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Quality Greenhouses Hosts First Lady Lori Shapiro and Ag Secretary Redding » DILLSBURG, PA - In recognition of National Farmworkers Awareness Week, First Lady Lori Shapiro and Agriculture Secretary R...
Monday, April 1, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Public, Lawncare Professionals Reminded of New Fertilizer Law » EAST BERLIN, PA – On March 28, PLNA Government Relations Advocate, Gregg Robertson joined Agriculture Secretary Russell Re...
Thursday, March 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Revisions to the Pennsylvania’s Plant Pest Act to Be Introduced Soon » HARRISBURG – In a conversation with Pennsylvania’s Agriculture Secretary Redding last week at the Pennsylvania State Counc...
Thursday, March 21, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Continues Discussions with Rep. Shusterman about Battery-Powered Equipment Task Force » HARRISBURG – PLNA had a follow-up meeting with Rep. Melissa Shusterman (R-Chester) about her desire to create a legislativ...
Thursday, February 29, 2024 (2 Comments - view/add) PLNA Continues Battery-Powered Lawn and Landscape Equipment Discussions » HARRISBURG – PLNA is continuing its conversation with Representative Michelle Shusterman (D-Chester) who intends to introd...
Thursday, February 29, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Make Sure You are not Paying Real Estate Taxes on Your High Tunnels! » HARRISBURG – PLNA wants to remind members with high tunnels that, according to legislation PLNA was successful in obtainin...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Pa. House Bill Would Require Minimum 100 Foot Buffers along All Streams and Rivers » HARRISBURG - A bill (HB 1275) introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by Rep. Joe Webster (D - Montgomer...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Technical Corrections to Fertilizer Bill Signed by Governor » HARRISBURG - Governor Shapiro signed into law HB 156 and HB 295 that make technical corrections to the fertili...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Bill Would Direct PennDOT to Use Native Plants » HARRISBURG - A bill introduced by Rep. Brett Miller (R - Lancaster), HB 797 , directs PennDOT to plant vegetation al...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislation Would Require Pesticide Application Notices to Apiaries » HARRISBURG - Two bills in the General Assembly would require notice to apiaries before pesticides could be applied....
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislation Seeks Equal Rights for Agricultural Workers » HARRISBURG - A package of three bills was introduced in the General Assembly that would remove most of the advantage...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Works on 811/PA One Call Law Revisions » HARRISBURG - PLNA is working with the National Utility Contractors’ Association (NUCA) and other contractor associations t...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Penn State Extension Welcomes New Associate Dean and Director » UNIVERSITY PARK - Dr. Jeff Hyde has been appointed the new Associate Dean and Director of Extension at Penn State’s C...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Draft Plant Pest Act Not Yet Introduced » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) is planning to introduce legislation to revise the Pla...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) State Rep Hopes to Create Task Force on Battery-Powered Landscape Equipment » HARRISBURG - Representative Michelle Shusterman (D-Chester) has sent out a co-sponsorship memo looking for co-sponsors for...
Friday, December 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) The State Budget Woes Continue Affecting Green Industry Priorities » HARRISBURG - Many of us are feeling a bit like Bill Murray in “Ground Hog Day.” The final pieces of the the FY 2023-2...
Monday, September 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Participates in Legislative Hearing on Invasive Species » AMBLER – On September 9, 2023 PLNA participated in a hearing by the state House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on...
Monday, September 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislation Mandating PennDot Use of Native Plants Passes State Senate » HARRISBURG – House Bill 797 , legislation mandating that PennDot use native plants in its rights-of-way along the state’s...
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