Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington: Decreased Assessment Rate for Processed Pears

Docket Number: AMS-SC-18-0049
Effective Date: January 3, 2019

Summary

This final rule implements a recommendation from the Processed Pear Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for “summer/fall” varieties of pears for canning for the 2018-2019 and subsequent fiscal periods. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

Contact

Dale Novotny, Marketing Specialist, or Gary Olson, Regional Director, Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (503) 326-2724, Fax: (503) 326-7440, or Email: DaleJ.Novotny@ams.usda.gov 
or GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov

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