Agricultural Marketing Service October 24, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This proposed rulemaking would implement a recommendation from the Fresh Pear Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.468 to $0.516 per 44-pound standard box or equivalent for fresh "summer/ fall" pears and fresh "winter" pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.