Soybean Promotion and Research: Adjusting Representation on the United Soybean Board
Docket Number: AMS-LP-20-0085
Comments Due: June 14, 2021
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USDA Seeks Nominees for the Paper and Packaging Board
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking six nominees to serve three-year terms as members on the Paper and Packing Board beginning Jan. 1, 2022. Nominations for the seats will be accepted from April 15 through May 14, 2021.
The board is seeking nominees for:
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting - Virtual
The NOSB met to discuss substances petitioned for addition to or deletion from the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List), substances due to sunset from the National List in 2024, and recommendations on organic policies.
The NOSB typically meets twice per year in various locations around the United States. During meetings, the NOSB listens to public comments, discusses agenda items and Subcommittee proposals, and then votes on recommendations to the Secretary in a public forum.
National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Meeting - Virtual
With input from the Board and the organic community, we modified the NOSB Fall 2021 Meeting to be held live online, instead of in-person. This allowed the Board to move forward with deliberations as scheduled in an open and public setting, without the need for travel.
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Docket Number: AMS-DA-21-0029
Comments Due: June 14, 2021
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), for a revision of a currently approved collection for the Regulations Governing the Inspection and Grading of Manufactured or Processed Dairy Products—Recordkeeping (Subpart B).
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Continuance Referendum: Pecans Grown in the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas
Docket Number: AMS-SC-20-0081
Dates: The referendum will be conducted from June 7 through June 28, 2021. Only current pecan growers within the production area that produced a minimum average of 50,000 pounds of inshell pecans over the four years from October 1, 2016, to September 30, 2020, or own a minimum of 30 pecan acres are eligible to vote in this referendum.
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