USDA Sets Referendum Dates for Amendments to the Tart Cherries Marketing Order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will conduct a referendum Aug. 26-Sept. 16, 2024, on proposed amendments to the federal marketing order for tart cherries grown in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The amendments were recommended by the Cherry Industry Administrative Board which locally administers the marketing order under USDA oversight.
USDA Seeks Nominees for the South Texas Onion Committee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the South Texas Onion Committee to fill two producer member seats and one handler member seat in District 1 and one producer member and one handler member seat in District 2, along with their respective alternates. The committee’s nomination meeting will be held virtually on Aug. 19, 2024. The appointed members will serve a two-year term ending July 31, 2026.
Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin; Amendments to the Marketing Order
Docket Number: AMS-SC-22-0052
Dates: The referendum will be conducted from August 26, 2024, through September 16, 2024. The representative period for the referendum is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
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Adjustment to Membership: Softwood Lumber Research, Promotion, Consumer Education, and Information Order
Docket Number: AMS-SC-22-0088
Effective Date: August 19, 2024
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Opportunities for United States Grain Standards Act Designation in the Lower Northwest Texas Area; the Southeast Texas Area; the Keokuk, Iowa Area; and the Fargo, North Dakota Area
Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-24-0029
Dates:
Comments expressing the need for and applications to provide USGSA services for the Lower Northwest Texas and Southeast Texas geographic must be received by August 19, 2024.
Applications and comments for the areas of designation terminating on March 31, 2025, currently serviced by Keokuk, must be received between November 1 and November 30, 2024.