Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate

Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate

Docket Number: AMS-FV-15-0034
Effective: February 29, 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 2015-16 and subsequent crop years from $0.20 to $0.10 per hundredweight of dates handled under the marketing order (order). The committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers of dates grown or packed in Riverside County, California. The interim rule to decrease the assessment rate 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 Jeff Smutny, Regional Director
California Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA
Phone: (559) 487-5901
Fax: (559) 487-5906

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