Jimmie Turner (202) 720-8998jimmie.turner@ams.usda.gov
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that potato growers from Idaho, and Malheur County, Oregon, will vote March 5-18, 2011, on whether to continue their federal marketing order.
The marketing order requires that a continuance referendum be held every six years. To be eligible to vote, growers must have produced Irish potatoes within the production area of Idaho, and Malheur County, Ore., during the period Aug. 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010.
For the order to continue, at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referendum or growers representing two-thirds of the volume of Irish potatoes represented in the referendum must vote in favor of the order.
Notice of the referendum was published in the Jan. 25, 2011, Federal Register.
AMS will mail ballots and voting instructions to all growers of record. Eligible growers not receiving ballots may request them in writing from Barry Broadbent: USDA, AMS, 805 SW Broadway, Suite 930, Portland, OR 93205; by calling (503) 326-2724; or faxing (503) 326-7440.
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