Irish Potatoes Grown in Certain Designated Counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, OR: Decreased Assessment Rates
Docket Number: AMS-FV-13-0093
Effective: August 1, 2014
Summary
This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato Committee (Committee) for the 2014-2015 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.0045 to $0.0025 per hundredweight of potatoes handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of potatoes grown in certain designated counties in Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon. Assessments upon potato handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins August 1 and ends July 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Contact
Sue Coleman, Marketing Specialist, or Gary D. Olson, Regional Director
Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA
Telephone: (503) 326-2724
Fax: (503) 326-7440
Email: Sue.Coleman@ams.usda.gov or GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov.
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