Welcome To Long Island Flower Growers Association (LIFGA)

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service again has funding to prepare an annual Floriculture Crops Summary report (after several years lapse in the survey). The information is valuable to producers to help learn industry sales and pricing trends. Good survey results depend on a high percentage of the industry reporting. The survey is being mailed out to commercial floriculture growers the week of Dec. 10 and reporting is due before Feb. 8. More information is available at https://safnow.org/commercial-floriculture-survey-responses-needed.

Date: January 14, 2026 @ 7:30AM- 4:45PM, January 15, 2026 @ 7:30AM- 3:30PM
Location: 121 Speonk Riverhead Rd, Riverhead, NY 11901 Map It

The LI Ag Forum will be held January 14th-15th at the SCCC campus in Riverhead. This 2-day conference will have sessions on: General Agricultural Issues, Agricultural Stewardship, Organic Production, Tree Fruit, Cut Flower, Emerging Crops, Transition to Organic, Nursery, Vegetable, Viticulture, Ag Plastics, Beginning Farmer, Small Fruit, and Ag Labor.

For the full schedule, information on pesticide credits, and how to register, click here.

The LI Greenhouse & Floriculture Conference will be held Tuesday, January 20th, at the Sea Star in Riverhead (next to the aquarium). For the full schedule and to register, click here. Pesticide Credits will be available: 3.00 credits in Categories 3A, 24, and 25; 0.75 credit in CORE; 1.25 credits in Category 3C; and 2.25 credits in Category 10.

CCE-Suffolk is conducting a survey to better understand what agricultural plastics are used in your operation and to identify recycling needs and challenges. 

This is your opportunity to share:

• The types of plastics used in your agricultural or horticultural operation,
• Your experiences with recycling, and
• Any issues or barriers you’ve encountered.

We invite growers, farmers, landscapers, plant health care technicians, and others who use or encounter agricultural plastics in their daily work to participate. Please also forward this invitation to friends and colleagues who may be interested.

Click here to participate in the survey. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Survey results will be shared during the Ag Plastics Session at the Long Island Agricultural Forum on Thursday, January 15th.

The Online Greenhouse Scout School is a 7-week webinar series in scouting for disease, insect and weed pests of greenhouse production. Learn how to identify the major pests of greenhouse crops, make scouting faster and easier, communicate with growers and owners, and find resources to help. For more information click here.

The Develop Your Diagnostic Skills is a 6-week webinar series training for those that give advice, answer questions, and educate others on plant health and plant disease issues. Click here for more details.

DATE:  Deadline is July 30, 2019

The Long Island Flower Growers’ Association (LIFGA) will celebrate its 60th anniversary on August 8 at the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, NY.

A special Anniversary Book is being prepared to celebrate this event. You can highlight your business in the Anniversary Book by purchasing a full-page ad, a half-page ad, or a quarter-page ad.

Your ad can contain anything you would like, including a logo and photos.  (The book will be published in black-and-white only).

Time is limited! Responses are needed as soon as possible in order to have the book printed.

Applications are now being accepted for more than 25 different scholarships through the American Floral Endowment (AFE).

Sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students studying floriculture and horticulture must submit their applications online by the May 1 deadline.

Scholarships range from $500 to $6,000. In 2018, the Endowment awarded more than $42,000 in scholarships.

“AFE strives to support the next generation of industry members in any way we can. One of the ways we do this is through awarding scholarships to help ease their financial burdens,” said Greg Royer, Chairman of Royers Flowers & Gifts and AFE Education Committee Chair.

For more information on each scholarship and to apply, please visit Endowment Scholarships.