Matt Mika, Vice President of Advocacy and Government Affairs at AmericanHort, reflects on the election’s impact on the horticulture industry.

Previously the CEO at chemical supply chain company Quantix, Chris Ball will replace former másLabor CEO Edward Silva, who left in June.

The Departments of Homeland Security and Labor plan to officially release a rule on May 8 that kicks off an application process for an additional 30,000 H-2B visas for fiscal 2019.

The past couple weeks have been a mixed bag when it comes to labor challenges facing the horticulture industry.

AmericanHort is strongly encouraging Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to release nearly 70,000 additional temporary, non-immigrant H-2B visas.

Greenhouse Grower caught up with AmericanHort’s Craig Regelbrugge to find out how changes to the non-agricultural guestworker program impacts us, and what it could mean for changes to H-2A, the agricultural guestworker program.

AmericanHort is leading the charge on this effort, but you can also help by contacting your elected officials via phone calls and social media, or by sending AmericanHort your personal story.

Late last week, President Obama signed into law an omnibus spending bill for the fiscal year 2016 that includes important H-2B relief provisions.