Marketing Order: Walnuts Grown in California
Docket Number: AMS-SC-19-0082
Effective Date: April 28, 2021
Summary
Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; Increased Assessment Rate
Docket Number: AMS–SC–20–0093
Comments Due: May 10, 2021
Summary
This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2021 and subsequent fiscal periods. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
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Request for Information: United States Standards for Sorghum
Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-21-0010
Comments Due: June 24, 2021
Summary
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking comments from the public regarding the United States (U.S.) Standards for Sorghum under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA). To ensure that standards and official grading practices remain relevant, AMS invites interested parties to comment on whether the current sorghum standards and grading practices need to be changed.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program; Request for Extension and Revision
Docket Number: AMS-DA-21-0024
Comments Due: May 25, 2021
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request an extension and revision of a currently approved information collection under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. The information collected supports the marketing of dairy products and is used to verify compliance with Federal milk marketing regulations.
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Docket Number: AMS-LP-20-0103
Comments Due: May 25, 2021
Summary
USDA Posts Webinar Outlining the Domestic Hemp Production Final Rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced it has posted a recorded informational webinar to outline key provisions of the Final Rule establishing the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program, which went into effect March 22, 2021.