USA: Referendum Order for Cranberries Grown in Certain States
This proposed rule by the Agricultural Marketing Service establishes that a referendum will be conducted among eligible cranberry producers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of cranberries grown in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in New York.
The referendum will be conducted from June 9 through June 30, 2023. Only current producers of cranberries within the production area who also grew cranberries in the production area during the period September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022, are eligible to vote.