Requests for Nominations: Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
Docket Number: AMS-SC-24-0037
Nominations Due: September 3, 2024
Summary
USDA Seeks Nominees for Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations from specialty crop stakeholders to serve on the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee (FVIAC). The deadline for nominations is Sept. 3, 2024
The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint up to 25 individuals, for two-year terms, to succeed members whose terms expire Oct. 28, 2024.
Specialty Crops Market News Transitions to New System
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Specialty Crops Market News provided an update on its ongoing efforts to modernize its market reporting system and improve user experience and accessibility. A new, updated report format is now available on the My Market News platform.
QAD 513 – Data Requirements: Instrument Grading Systems for Beef Carcasses
Effective October 1, 2024
External Analysis Reports: Assessing Commonalities Across Organic System Plan (OSP) Templates
This report represents the findings of a comprehensive analysis project aimed at evaluating the relative alignment of Organic System Plans (OSPs) with the National Organic Program (NOP) standards. A question item analysis was also conducted as part of the overall data analysis process by examining the structure of individual questions within each OSP and evaluating their alignment to established question-structure best practices in an effort to gauge how accessible individual OSP questions are to the average user.
USDA Issues Recommended Decision Proposing Amendments to all Eleven Federal Milk Marketing Orders
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today issued a Recommended Decision on its website proposing to amend the uniform pricing formulas applicable in all 11 Federal milk marketing orders (FMMOs). The Recommended Decision follows a 49-day national hearing held from August 23, 2023, to January 30, 2024, in Carmel, Indiana, where USDA heard testimony and received evidence on 21 proposals from the dairy industry.
Pecan Industry Votes to Continue Research and Promotion Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that pecan producers and importers voted to continue the American Pecan Promotion Board’s research and promotion program.
In the referendum held May 10 through June 10, 2024, 74.89% of pecan producers and importers voted in favor of continuing the program. This meets the requirement that the majority of those voting were in favor of the program continuing.
Milk in the Northeast and Other Marketing Areas; Proposed Amendments to Marketing Agreements and Orders
Docket Number: AMS-DA-23-0031
Comments Due: September 13, 2024
Summary
This decision proposes to amend the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs).
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