Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate
Docket Number: AMS-SC-16-0084
Effective Date: December 21, 2016
Summary
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that implemented a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the committee for the 2016-17 and subsequent crop years from $0.10 to $0.05 per hundredweight of dates handled under the marketing order (order). The committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of dates operating within the area of production. The interim rule was necessary to allow the committee to reduce its financial reserve while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses.
Contact
Terry Vawter, Senior Marketing Specialist or
Jeffrey Smutny, Regional Director
California Marketing Field Office
Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA
Telephone: (559) 487-5901
Fax: (559) 487-5906
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