Marijuana growers and other cannibis-related businesses are running into a major obstacle due to conflicting national and local laws.

A more gradual approach to neonicotinoids is needed that allows for time, money and research into finding viable alternatives.

What does this mean for your business? It could potentially mean that chemical applications, ground disturbances (planting included) and many other normal business activities could require permitting and further, could be subject to EPA oversight.

The Horticulture Industry Pollinator Stewardship Task Force has developed an agenda to signal to researchers the kinds of targeted research projects the industry wishes to support.

Are others facing the same successes and challenges as you? Let’s compare notes in Greenhouse Grower’s 2015 State Of The Industry Survey.

Find out what voters decided in Florida on its pending medical marijuana ballot measure, and in Alaska, Oregon and Washington, D.C., on full recreational use.

Gary Mangum, CEO of Bell Nursery, based in Elkridge, Md., made a case for the Maryland gubernatorial team, businessmen Larry Hogan and Boyd Rutherford, in his local paper.

Weather had a major impact on spring sales according to our Greenhouse Grower 2014 Spring Crops Recap Survey.

Learn about the newly assigned industry taskforce, the status of funding the intiative and current legislation that affects your business.

See what growers said in Greenhouse Grower’s Spring Recap Survey about what they would change about the 2014 season.

The committee will develop the extent and manner in which AmericanHort pursues and implements actions to influence legislation, regulation and public policy.

In 2014, there are three states with pending legislation to legalize medical marijuana, and national legislation is pending for pro-medical (non-legalizing) marijuana. Learn more about state and national bills here.

Cuttings producers worldwide are committed to sustainability and producing clean, high-quality young plants.