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Tuesday, November 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) City of Philadelphia Considers Ban On “Synthetic Herbicides” » PHILADELPHIA – On October 30, 2020 the Committee on Public Health and Human Services of the City of Philadelphia heard fro...
Monday, October 5, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Pennsylvania Raises Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemption » Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) announced that Pennsylvania's new overtime rule...
Sunday, September 13, 2020 (4 Comments - view/add) Mandatory E-Verify Law for Landscape Contractors Goes into Effect October 7, 2020 » Harrisburg – On October 7, 2020, Act 75 goes into effect which requires all construction contractors in Pennsylvania...
Thursday, September 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Endorses Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program » Harrisburg – PLNA recently signed a letter in support of legislation for the new Agricultural Conservation Assistance Prog...
Sunday, May 17, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) General Assembly Sends Bill to Governor to Open Garden Centers, Veto Expected » HARRISBURG – Last week, the Pennsylvania House and Senate passed HB 2388 which would open garden centers if they adhere...
Monday, May 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Governor Wolf Denies PLNA Exemption Request for Garden Centers » At 5:11 PM Friday, PLNA received an email denying our request for a blanket exemption for garden centers under the Governo...
Monday, April 20, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Sends Governor over 16,000 Pennsylvania Signatures to Open Garden Centers » ANNVILLE - PLNA today sent over 16.000 signatures to Governor Wolf from Pennsylvanians asking him to open independent fami...
Thursday, March 19, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) PDA Contemplates Banning the Pesticide Chlorpyrifos » HARRISBURG – At the March 3 meeting of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Pesticide Advisory Board (Board)...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Fails to Meet Goals » In August EPA rejected Pennsylvania’s required plan for reducing the pollution it sends to the Chesapeake Bay. As the larg...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) New State Budget Takes a Whack at Green Infrastructure Funds » HARRISBURG – Governor Wolf, in signing the fiscal 2019-20 state budget, took $16 million from the Environmental Stewardshi...
Monday, September 9, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Governor Signs Pennsylvania Farm Bill(s) » HARRISBURG - Governor Tom Wolf recently signed a number of bills into law which affect the agricultural community. Wolf du...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Has Successful Legislative Session » The 2017-2018 session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly will end sine die on November 30. No further legislative acti...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Proposes New Approach to Fertilizer Bill » HARRISBURG – In June, PLNA testified about its concerns with a bill to regulate the application of fertilizer (SB 792) to...
Friday, June 15, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Testifies at House Hearing on Fertilizer Bill » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee held a hearing June 5, 2018 on SB 792 , a b...
Monday, May 7, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) 10 Million Trees Project Launches » LANCASTER COUNTY - A partnership of national, regional, state, and local agencies, conservation organizations, outdoors en...
Monday, April 2, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Senate Passes Fertilizer Bill after Adopting PLNA-Supported Amendments » HARRISBURG – On March 20, the Pennsylvania Senate passed SB 792, a bill to regulate the application of lawn fertilizer, af...
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) Eichenlaub Helps Develop Strategic Plan for Pennsylvania Ag » HARRISBURG – Dan Eichenlaub, past chairman of the PLNA board and owner of Eichenlaub, Inc., participated in the developmen...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Group Unveils Blueprint for Growing Greener III Program » HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Growing Greener Coalition, the largest coalition of conservation, recreation, and preservati...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 (3 Comments - view/add) PLNA Government Relations Committee Won’t Support Fertilizer Bill » HARRISBURG – Last week, the PLNA Government Relations Committee decided not to support a bill that would regulate fertiliz...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA, FFA Turn House Floor into Pine Forest » HARRISBURG - PLNA and FFA transformed the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives into a forest of wh...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 (0 Comments - view/add) Redraft of Lawn Fertilizer Bill Addresses Most PLNA Concerns » HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) last week released a redraft of their proposed bill to regul...
Thursday, October 29, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Meets with PennDOT Secretary on Green Infrastructure » HARRISBURG – In late October, several PLNA members and staff met with PennDOT Secretary Leslie Richards to discuss PennDOT...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Supports Bill to Improve Riparian Buffers » HARRISBURG - The PLNA Government Relations Committee voted to throw its support behind a bill that would repair the damage...
Saturday, February 28, 2015 (1 Comment - view/add) PLNA Member Fred Strathmeyer, Jr. Appointed Ag Deputy Secretary » HARRISBURG - PLNA member Fred Strathmeyer, Jr. of the Strathmeyer Companies has been appointed by governor Tom Wolf as de...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Governor Signs Bill to Exempt High Tunnels from UCC » HARRISBURG – Governor Corbett signed into law HB 1440 which exempts high tunnels, and all other agricultural structures in...
Saturday, October 4, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Opposes Bill to Weaken Clean Streams Law » HARRISBURG – In a letter to every member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, PLNA has opposed a bill that would...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Opposes Pesticide Notice Bill » HARRISBURG – PLNA has come out in opposition to HB 1459 that would require 72 hour notice before pesticides could be use...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) Stage Set for November Governor Showdown » HARRISBURG – With May’s primary now over, the stage is set for a November election day showdown with Republican Governor...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) General Assembly Moves toward a Tough Budget » HARRISBURG – The 2014-15 budget is shaping up to be one of the toughest since Governor Corbett’s first year in office....
Thursday, May 1, 2014 (0 Comments - view/add) PLNA Members Get Tax Refunds on High Tunnels » HARRISBURG - PLNA members who have checked their tax assessment records and found that their high tunnels were being taxe...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 (2 Comments - view/add) Robertson Merits Penn State Leadership Award » Gregg Robertson, Government Relations consultant for PLNA and former President of PLNA, was presented with the Penn Stat...
Friday, June 14, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) High Tunnel Bills Clear House Ag Committee Unanimously » Harrisburg - A set of three bills written to clarify that high tunnels are not subject to real estate taxes, were reporte...
Monday, May 6, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) High tunnel Bill Clears Senate 49-0 » HARRISBURG - Senate Bill 638, which would exempt high tunnels or hoop houses from county or other local real estate taxes,...
Monday, April 22, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Musser Forests, Pennsylvania FFA and PLNA Green the Capitol » HARRISBURG, PA – Musser Forests, the Pennsylvania FFA Association and the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association p...
Friday, April 5, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) House Develops Version of High Tunnel Bills » HARRISBURG - Last week, Representative John Maher (R - Allegheny) directed his staff to develop a series of bills that wou...
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