The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing a final rule on salable quantities of Scotch and Native spearmint oil produced in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, and parts of Nevada and Utah. The decision is based on a recommendation from the Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee on the amount of oil handlers may purchase from producers, or handle on their behalf, during the 2022-2023 marketing year.
This action sets the salable quantity of Class 1 (Scotch) spearmint oil at 832,546 pounds with an allotment percentage of 37%, and the salable quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil at 1,101,269 pounds with an allotment percentage of 43%. The action helps satisfy the needs of the spearmint oil market while limiting the possibility of oversupplying it.
The final rule for this action was published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2022. The rule will be effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
More information about the marketing order regulating the handling of spearmint oil produced in the Far West is available on the 985 Spearmint Oil webpage. Information about federal marketing orders is available on AMS Marketing Orders and Agreements webpage or by contacting the Market Development Division at (202) 720-2491.
Authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, marketing orders are industry-driven programs that help producers and handlers achieve marketing success by leveraging their own funds to design and execute programs that they would not be able to do individually. AMS provides oversight to 27 fruit, vegetable and specialty crop marketing orders, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.
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