Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, California; Decreased Assessment Rate
Key claim: The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is decreasing the assessment rate for domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for the 2024-2025 crop year and beyond.
Abstract
(Rule · Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service) This final rule implements a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 crop year and subsequent crop years from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Why this matters
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is decreasing the assessment rate for domestic dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for the 2024-2025 crop year and beyond.