The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) designation opportunities in the vicinity of Decatur, Indiana and Marshall, Michigan, and requests comment on the quality of services provided by Michigan Grain Inspection Services Inc. and two applicants requesting to provide USGSA services in the Texas Central designation area.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees for the Raisin Administrative Committee to fill twenty-one independent producer member seats and twenty-one alternate member seats whose terms will begin May 1, 2024. Nominations must be made during the nomination meetings being held virtually in each district on November 16.

Independent producers’ seats for the 2024-2026 term are based on deliveries for the 2022-2023 crop year and there will be a total of twenty-one seats to be divided among the districts as follows:

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-23-0029
Dates: 
Applications for the Decatur, IN, designation area must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on December 15, 2023.

Applications and comments for the Marshall, MI, designation area, which is currently operated by Michigan Grain Inspection, must be received between January 1, 2024, and January 31, 2024.

Summary

Docket Number: AMS-FGIS-23-0051
Comments Due: December 15, 2023

Summary

Plainview Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Plainview) and Grain Inspection Services of Texas, LLC (Texas Grain) have applied for designation to provide official U.S. Grain Standards Act services in the Texas Central designation area. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is asking for comments on these applicants.

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