USDA Issues Proposed Volume Regulation To Assist Cranberry Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. The
USDA has announced a pro
posed rule that would regulate
the volume of cranberries to be
marketed during the 2000-2001
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Committee met on March 30
and recommended a producer
allotment of 85 percent for the
new season beginning Sept. 1.
The allotment would establish
the quantity of cranberries that
handlers may purchase from, or
handle for growers.
USDA’s Agricultural Market
ing Service, which oversees the
Cranberry Marketing Order, re
ceived industry comments fol
lowing the meeting that
suggested that the committee’s
proposal could inequitably
affect some growers. To address
these concerns, AMS developed
two additional options which
also appear in the proposed rule.
“The U.S. Department of Ag
riculture has been working
closely with the cranberry indus
try to offer a useful range of op
tions for producers to consider,”
said Enrique E. Figueroa,
deputy undersecretary for mar
keting and regulatory programs.
“USDA is encouraging growers
and handlers to look carefully at
the proposal, consider the op
tions, and to submit their com
ments.”
The comment period will offi
cially open with the publication
of the marketing order proposal
in the Federal Register, and
comments will be accepted
through June 14. Comments
should be addressed to the
Docket Clerk, AMS Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, USDA
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The proposed rule can be
viewed at www.ams.usda
.gov/fv/moab.html.
The eight-member Cranberry
Marketing Committee, ap
pointed by the secretary of agri
culture, oversees the Cranberry
Marketing Order that regulates
shipments of cranberries grown
in Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Wis
consin, Michigan, Minnesota,
Oregon, Washington, and Long
Island, N.Y.
Cranberry production in 1999
reached an all-time high of 6.39
million barrels (one barrel
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equals 100 pounds of cranber
ries), 17 percent above the previ
ous year and a 377 percent
increase since 1960. In the same
30 years, harvest acreage has ex
panded 76 percent and growers
have increased their yields 171
percent. Meanwhile, consumer
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peaking in 1994 at 4.7 million
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suffered as a result. Growers
have watched prices decline
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$65.90 per barrel to $38.80 per
barrel in 1998, and returns for
the 1999 crop year are expected
to fall below $3O, evaporating
profits.
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