Cranberry producers to vote on marketing order
The marketing order requires that a continuance referendum be held during the month of May every four years. To be eligible to vote, producers must have produced cranberries within the designated production area for the fresh market during the period Sept. 1, 2013, through Aug. 31, 2014.
USDA would continue the order unless more than 50 percent of the producers voting in the referendum and producers of more than 50 percent of the volume of cranberries represented in the referendum favor termination. Notice of the referendum was published in the April 22, 2015, Federal Register.
For more information:
Hakim Fobia
USDA
Tel: +1 (202) 690-0488
Email: hakim.fobia@ams.usda.gov
www.ams.usda.gov/news