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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...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) High Tunnel Legislation Broadens » To Include the UCC and Sales Tax HARRISBURG – Legislation designed to clarify that high tunnels are temporary structure...
Monday, February 4, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Counties Tax Hoop Houses as Real Property » PLNA Seeks Legislative Fix HARRISBURG - A disturbing trend to tax hoop houses as real property seems to be gaining mome...
Monday, January 21, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Roots to Reentry Trains Green Industry Workers » PHILADELPHIA - PHS Roots to Re-Entry (R2R) is a partnership between the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Bartram’s Gard...
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