Docket Number: AMS–SC–20–0053
Effective Date: January 11, 2020

Summary

This rule revises the reporting requirements prescribed under the Federal marketing order regulating the handling of walnuts grown in California. This action requires California walnut handlers to report purchase commitments (walnuts sold but not yet shipped) with domestic and foreign buyers, monthly. This change provides more accurate information about supply and demand to the industry, which also enhances marketing efforts.

Nearly all agricultural products travel by highway for at least a portion of their journey. In many cases, the country’s highways provide critical “first and last mile” transportation connections to higher-capacity transportation modes such as rail, barge, and ocean vessel, and for many products requiring long distance transportation.

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Live Animal Requirements - AAA – Live Animal Specification (pdf).

USDA Certified Information - G-116 Specification (pdf), effective December 2020

Program Contact:

Live Animal Requirements - AAA – Live Animal Specification (pdf).

USDA Certified Information - G-82 Specification (pdf), effective January 2021

Program Contact:

Kevin Shosten 
75382 T197
Olivia, MN 56277
651-503-4339

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-20-0052
Effective Date: July 1, 2020

Summary

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing the designation of Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo) to provide Class X or Class Y weighing services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended.

Contact

Austyn Hughes, (816) 891-0456 or FGISQACD@usda.gov

Supporting Documents

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-20-0080
Comment Due: February 8, 2020

Summary

This notice announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intention to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a 3-year extension of a currently approved information collection for the “Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) and under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).” This approval is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).