Maryland Department of Agriculture will develop a new market for the invasive blue catfish and increase sales for Maryland farmers in this project. Additionally, MDA and its subcontractors – the Maryland Food Bank and the Capitol Area Food Bank -- will distribute $5.955 million of fresh, local produce and other ag products to address hunger in the population of need -- approximately 2 million Marylanders.

Through the collaborative efforts of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinarian Medicine (CVM) and American Feed Industry Association (AFIA), USDA-AMS Livestock and Poultry Program has agreed to assist with registering non-animal-based additive, premix and compound feed manufacturing facilities for export to China to facilitate access to the Chinese feed additive, premix and compound feed market.

Docket Number: AMS-SC-22-0004
Effective Date: September 26, 2022

Summary

This rule implements a recommendation from the Avocado Administrative Committee to increase the assessment rate established for the 2022-23 and subsequent fiscal years. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

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