USA: Assessment Rate, California Prunes
This rule implements a recommendation from the Prune Marketing Committee to increase the assessment rate established for the 2022-23 crop year. This final rule increases the assessment rate from $0.28 per ton of assessed dried prunes, the rate that was established for the 2020-21 and subsequent crop years, to $0.33 per ton of assessed dried prunes for the 2022-23 and subsequent crop years.
USA: Marketing Order 984, California Walnuts
This proposed rule proposes amendments to Marketing Order No. 984, which regulates the handling of walnuts grown in California, and provides growers with the opportunity to vote in a referendum to determine if they favor the changes.
The referendum will be conducted from April 3 through April 21, 2023. The representative period for the purpose of the referendum is September 1, 2021, through August 31, 2022.