Effective Date: The referendum will be conducted from April 21 through May 5, 2017. Only current growers of sweet cherries within the designated counties in Washington that have grown sweet cherries during the period April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017, are eligible to vote in this referendum.
This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible Washington sweet cherry growers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of sweet cherries grown in designated counties in Washington.
Teresa Hutchinson or Gary D. Olson
Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA
Telephone: (503) 326-2724
Fax: (503) 326-7440
Email: Teresa.Hutchinson@ams.usda.gov or GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov