USDA announces suspension of South Texas Onion marketing order provisions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced suspension of the South Texas Onion marketing order provisions. This action is a result of a referendum held by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service concerning continuance of the marketing order.
In the referendum, held Sept. 21 through Oct. 13, 2020, 57% of south Texas onion producers, representing 53% of the volume produced by those voting, favored continuing the marketing order. For the marketing order to continue, two-thirds or more of producers voting, or producers representing the production of two-thirds or more of the volume produced, needed to vote in favor of continuance.
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March 11, 2021
The South Texas Onion Committee was dumbstruck at 3:30 p.m. on March 9. A USDA Agricultural Marketing Service representative in Florida, the liaison to the South Texas Onion Committee, called Dante Galeazzi with sudden news that the marketing order was immediately being suspended.
Galeazzi, who is the executive manager of the South Texas Onion Committee, told The Produce News on March 10 that he and other Texas onion leaders met with the AMS via Zoom in January. The Texans were told that their onion marketing order would remain in place at least through this season. The future of the marketing order would be reviewed before the 2022 Texas onion season.
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March 10, 2021
On March 9, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced suspension of the South Texas Onion Marketing Order provisions. This action is a result of a referendum held by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service concerning continuance of the marketing order.
According to an AMS release, in the referendum, held Sept. 21 through Oct. 13, 57 percent of south Texas onion producers, representing 53 percent of the volume produced by those voting, favored continuing the marketing order. For the marketing order to continue, two-thirds or more of producers voting, or producers representing the production of two-thirds or more of the volume produced, needed to vote in favor of continuance.