Walnuts Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate
Docket Number: AMS-SC-16-0062
Effective: December 20, 2016
Summary
This rule implements a recommendation from the California Walnut Board (Board) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent marketing years from $0.0379 to $0.0465 per kernelweight pound of assessable walnuts. The Board locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of growers and handlers of walnuts operating within the area of production. Assessments upon walnut handlers are used by the Board to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The marketing year began on September 1 and ends August 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
This rule implements a recommendation from the California Walnut Board (Board) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent marketing years from $0.0379 to $0.0465 per kernelweight pound of assessable walnuts. The Board locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of growers and handlers of walnuts operating within the area of production. Assessments upon walnut handlers are used by the Board to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The marketing year began on September 1 and ends August 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Contact
Terry Vawter, Senior Marketing Specialist
or Jeffery Smutny, Regional Director
California Marketing Field Office
Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Marketing Order and Agreement Division
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA
Telephone: (559) 487-5901
Fax: (559) 487-5906
Email: Terry.Vawter@usda.gov or Jeffery.Smutny@ams.usda.gov.
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