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Pecan growers give marketing order thumbs upPecan growers give marketing order thumbs up
Seventy-seven percent of the producers voting in a referendum - representing 88 percent of the volume - supported the marketing order. The marketing order will authorize data collection; research and promotion activities; and regulation of grade, size, quality, pack, and containers for pecans.
May 6, 2016
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) says pecan growers have voted to establish a federal marketing order for pecans grown in 15 states.
Seventy-seven percent of the producers voting in a referendum - representing 88 percent of the volume - supported the marketing order. Voting was conducted March 9-30, 2016.
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