Onions Grown in South Texas; Increased Assessment Rate

Onions Grown in South Texas; Increased Assessment Rate

Docket Number: AMS-FV-15-0036
Effective: November 27, 2015
 
Summary
This rule implements a recommendation from the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2015-16 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.03 to $0.05 per 50-pound equivalent of onions handled under the marketing order (order). The Committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of onions operating within the area of production. Assessments upon onion 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
Doris Jamieson, Marketing Specialist or Christian D. Nissen
Regional Director, Southeast Marketing Field Office
Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA
Phone: (863) 324-3375
Fax: (863) 291-8614
 
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