Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown In California; Reduction in the Production Cap for the 1996 Raisin Diversion Program for Natural (sun-dried) Seedless Raisins
other · US Department of Agriculture · Rule · Published 1996-02-20 · Effective 1996-03-21 · 61 FR 6307
Document
Document number
96-3609
Federal Register citation
61 FR 6307
CFR reference
7 CFR 989
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Agriculture
Publication date
1996-02-20
Effective date
1996-03-21
USDA docket
FV95-989-5FIR
Abstract
The Department of Agriculture (Department) is adopting as a final rule, without change, the provisions of an interim final rule which reduced the production cap for the 1996 Raisin Diversion Program (RDP) for Natural (sun-dried) Seedless raisins. The production cap, which limits the amount of raisin tonnage per acre for which an RDP participant can receive credit, was reduced from 2.75 tons per acre to 2.2 tons per acre for this program. This reduction is intended to bring the production cap for 1996 in line with 1995 production per acre, which was approximately 20 percent smaller than the 1994 crop yield per acre.