Mycotoxin Test Kit Design Specifications and Performance Criteria
Docket Number: AMS–FGIS–20–0061
Comments Due: January 19, 2021
Summary
Modification of Assessment Rate: Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin
Docket Number: AMS-SC- 20-0079
Comments Due: January 15, 2021
Summary
This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board) to decrease the portion of assessments allocated to research and promotion activities and increase the portion allocated to administrative expenses. The overall assessment rate would remain unchanged. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Undue and Unreasonable Preferences and Advantages Under the Packers and Stockyards Act
Docket Number: AMS-FTPP-18-0101
Effective Date: January 11, 2021
Summary
Changes to Reporting Requirements: Walnuts Grown in California
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.
The Importance of Highways to U.S. Agriculture
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.