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Nursery operators press USDA for clearer quarantine rules and tariff relief on critical inputs
Summary
Nursery witnesses described how quarantine regulations, market‑access restrictions and tariffs on essential imports (peat moss, coconut coir, burlap) increase costs and disrupt multiyear production; they asked for updated quarantine protocols, tariff exemptions and expedited IR‑4 support for pest control tools.
WASHINGTON — Nursery operators and horticulture representatives told the House Agriculture Committee that quarantine practices, certain import tariffs and shrinking crop protection tools are disrupting nursery and perennial production and requested regulatory updates and tariff relief.
Michael Fraunce, co‑owner of a nearly 50‑year family nursery in California, described the long production cycles of nursery crops — sometimes years from sowing to sale — and the industry’s reliance on imported inputs such as peat moss, coconut coir…
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