Avocado growers vote to continue marketing order
Avocado growers vote to continue marketing order
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that Florida avocado producers voted to continue their federal marketing order program.
The referendum was held from Sept. 22 through Oct. 6. In order to be eligible to vote, a producer must have produced avocados within the production area during the representative period of April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008.
Twenty-five percent of the eligible producers, representing 31 percent of the volume of avocados shipped during the period, participated in the referendum, and 96 percent of the producers who voted, representing 98 percent of the volume produced, favored continuance of the order.
The order requires that a continuance referendum be held every six years.
The USDA would not consider termination of the order if continuance is favored by more than two-thirds of the producers voting in the referendum, or producers representing two-thirds of the volume of those avocados.
The referendum was held from Sept. 22 through Oct. 6. In order to be eligible to vote, a producer must have produced avocados within the production area during the representative period of April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008.
Twenty-five percent of the eligible producers, representing 31 percent of the volume of avocados shipped during the period, participated in the referendum, and 96 percent of the producers who voted, representing 98 percent of the volume produced, favored continuance of the order.
The order requires that a continuance referendum be held every six years.
The USDA would not consider termination of the order if continuance is favored by more than two-thirds of the producers voting in the referendum, or producers representing two-thirds of the volume of those avocados.
