Walnut Marketing Board

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The California Walnut Board or Walnut Marketing Board, founded in 1933, supports the California walnut industry. [1] The organization was originally known as the Walnut Control Board, changing its name to the Walnut Marketing Board in 1962 and to the California Walnut Board in 2008. [1] [2] Its formation was authorized by the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). [1]

Under the AAA, the Walnut Control Board was authorized to assess crops and declare a percentage as surplus. Its 1934 assessment designating 30% of the crop as surplus met with local resistance. [3] In 2009, responding to a request from the Board, the United States Department of Agriculture purchased $30 million of the crop, which was distributed to nutrition assistance programs. [4]

The AAA's application to walnuts was affirmed by Federal Marketing Order 984 in 1948. The USDA and the organization date its foundation to that year. [5] [6] Federal regulations govern its operations. As of 2008, the Board consisted of five grower representatives, four handler representatives, and one member of the public, all serving two-year terms. [5]

The Board continues to implement the Marketing Order. [7] Its activities now include the promotion of walnuts in the US diet, research funding, product grading, and compilation of crop statistics. [7] The USDA oversees its operations. [8]

An analysis of its domestic marketing program, published in 2002, concluded that its cost-benefit ratio was favorable. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 David E. Ramos (1997). Walnut production manual. ANR Publications. p. 15. ISBN   978-1-879906-27-3.
  2. ↑ "Walnuts Grown in California; Order Amending Marketing Order and Agreement No. 984". Federal Register. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  3. ↑ "Walnut Growers Fight Code Rule". Eugene Register-Guard. 1934-10-26. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Government buying surplus walnuts". San Francisco Chronicle. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
  5. 1 2 "Commodity Regulated: Walnuts grown in California". USDA . Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  6. ↑ "Walnut Board & Commission". California Walnut Board. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  7. 1 2 Frank Lawlis, Maggie Greenwood-Robinson (2009). The Brain Power Cookbook: More Than 200 Recipes to Energize Your Thinking. Penguin Group. p. 273. ISBN   978-0-452-29013-6.
  8. ↑ "PERSIAN WALNUT BREEDING IN CALIFORNIA" (PDF). USDA . Retrieved 2010-10-01.
  9. ↑ "The Domestic Impacts of the Walnut Marketing Board's Marketing Programs". The National Institute for Commodity Promotion Research and Evaluation via Cornell University . Retrieved 2010-10-01.


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