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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...
Monday, September 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA Bureau of Plant Industry Gets New Director » HARRISBURG - Frank Schneider has been appointed the Director of Plant Industry (BPI) at the Pennsylvania Department of Agr...
Friday, May 19, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Celebrates PA Native Species Day » In celebration of the 2nd Annual Pennsylvania Native Species Day, PLNA Member North Creek Nurseries welcomed PLNA lead...
Friday, February 3, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA Plans to Revise Plant Pest Act » Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) is planning to introduce legislation to revise the Plant Pes...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) General Assembly Ends 2021-22 Session with Mixed Results for Green industry » The Pennsylvania General Assembly adjourned sine die November 30, 2022 the end of the 2021-2022 session. Following are b...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA Panel Votes to Ban Six Additional Plant Species, Nandina Could Be Next » Harrisburg - The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee at its meeting on Ja...
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Act 83 The New Fertilizer Law: What Does It Mean to My Business? » On July 11, 2022, the Governor signed SB 251 into law. It is now known as Act 83. This law regulates the use and applicati...
Monday, February 21, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Snow and Ice Contractor Indemnification Bill Advances in Senate » Harrisburg - HB 1665 , the snow and ice contractor indemnification bill, was reported out of the Senate Judici...
Thursday, December 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Legislative Wrap Up for 2021 » Harrisburg and Washington D.C. – Below are the status of legislation that PLNA has been following in the Pennsylvania Gene...
Saturday, November 6, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) House Ag Committee Approves Fertilizer Bill » Harrisburg – On October 27, 2021, by a vote of 22-3, the Pennsylvania House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee m...
Monday, August 23, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Fertilizer Bill to Be Taken Up by House this Fall » Rock Springs, Pa. – Rep. Dan Moul (R- Adams), chairman of the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, told PLN...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021 (1 Comment - view/add) Bill Introduced to “Verify” Construction Contractors » HARRISBURG – State Representative Carrie Lewis DelRosso (R- Allegheny) introduced HB 1021 , a bill that would requir...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Fertilizer Bill Advances from Senate to House » HARRISBURG – On May 11 the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 251, a bill to regulate the application of fertilizer, by a margi...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Lyme Disease Bill Advances in House » HARRISBURG – Lawmakers in Harrisburg are giving increased attention to Lyme disease, the debilitating disease spread by th...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Bill Introduced to Exempt Employers from Paying UC Taxes on H-2A Workers » HARRISBURG – State Representative Torren Ecker (R- Adams) introduced a bill to exempt employers from paying unemploym...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) State Senate Hears Testimony on Lyme Disease » HARRISBURG – New initiatives to reduce the threat to humans of Lyme disease from tick bites drew support from some Pennsyl...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Supports New Version of Fertilizer Bill » HARRISBURG – A new version of the fertilizer bill ( SB 251 ) that has been wending its way through the General Assemb...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Controlled Plant Committee Considers Ban on Barberry and Several Aquatic Plants » Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) Controlled Plant and Noxious Weed Committee (CPNWC) at its m...
Thursday, February 4, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) North Creek Stops Sale of Carex Species Due to Invasive Tendencies » Landenberg - North Creek Nurseries announced that it is halting sales of the European native species Carex flacca a...
Tuesday, December 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Does Your Pesticide Certification Expire March 31, 2021? » HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reminded private pesticide applicators whose licenses expire on Ma...
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