AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE ISSUES NOTICE: AVOCADOS GROWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA; CONTINUANCE REFERENDUM

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a notice called: Avocados Grown in South Florida; Continuance Referendum.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on Sept. 11 by Erin Morris, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.

Summary: This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible Florida avocado growers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of avocados grown in South Florida.

For more information, contact Steven Kauffman, Marketing Specialist, or Christian D. Nissen, Branch Chief, Southeast Region Branch, Market Development Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA, 1124 1st Street South, Winter Haven, FL 33880; telephone: ...