AMS Raises Potato Assessment
December 4, 2009The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a rule amending the Potato Research and Promotion Plan to increase the assessment rate on handlers and importers of potatoes from 2.5 cents to 3 cents per hundredweight. This increase, which is provided for under the Plan as authorized by the Potato Research and Promotion Act, will become effective.
The 2.5 cents per hundredweight assessment rate was established in August 2006 when the Plan was amended.
The National Potato Promotion Board, which administers the Plan under U.S. Department of Agriculture supervision, recommended the action to sustain and expand its promotional, research, advertising and communications programs.
For further information, contact: Deborah Simmons, Marketing Specialist, Research and Promotion Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 0632, Stop 0244, Washington, DC 20250-0244; telephone: (202) 720-9915; or fax: (202) 205-2800; or e- mail: Deborah.simmons@ams.usda.gov.
