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The Commodity Procurement Program’s Specialty Crops Procurement Division will hold a virtual 2025 Industry Meeting via Zoom to discuss specialty crop purchase programs on Jan. 29, 2025, 12 – 1:30 p.m. ET. This meeting will afford industry an opportunity to hear about upcoming changes and allow collaboration with other supplier and contractor stakeholders.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of seven members, seven alternates, and two advisors to serve three-year terms on the Cotton Board from Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2027. Additionally, USDA appointed seven individuals to fill board vacancies.
Newly appointed members:
Caroline Collins Barber, Charlotte, N.C.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of 36 members to serve on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. Thirty-five members will serve three-year terms, and one member will serve a two-year term. The terms of the new appointees will begin February 2025.
Newly appointed members are:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 11 members and nine alternates to serve on the American Egg Board. Eighteen members and alternates will serve two-year terms, and two members will serve a one-year term. The terms of the new appointees will begin March 2025.
Newly appointed members and alternates are:
East States
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Grain Inspection Advisory Committee beginning April 1, 2025.
Members appointed for a three-year term include:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of three members to serve on the Popcorn Board. These three appointees will serve three-year terms, beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and ending Dec. 31, 2027.
Newly appointed members are:
The Popcorn Board has five processor members. Members can serve up to two consecutive three-year terms.
Docket number: AMS-SC-24-0067
Comments Due: December 19, 2024
Summary
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing a rule to revise the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil produced in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers during the 2024-2025 marketing year.
