Notice2024-22453
Soybean Promotion, Research, and Information Program: Results of Soybean Request for Referendum
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Published
October 1, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
The results of the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) Request for Referendum indicate that too few soybean producers wanted a referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) for one to be conducted. The Request for Referendum was conducted from May 6, 2024, through May 31, 2024, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency County offices. To trigger a referendum, 41,336 soybean producers, which represents 10 percent of the total nationwide soybean producers, needed to complete a valid Request for Referendum. The total number of soybean producers participating in the referendum was 229. The number of valid petitions received was 207.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79885-79886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22453]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-LP-23-0027]
Soybean Promotion, Research, and Information Program: Results of
Soybean Request for Referendum
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The results of the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS)
Request for Referendum indicate that too few soybean producers wanted a
referendum on the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) for one
to be conducted. The Request for Referendum was conducted from May 6,
2024, through May 31, 2024, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
(USDA) Farm Service Agency County offices. To trigger a referendum,
41,336 soybean producers, which represents 10 percent of the total
nationwide soybean producers, needed to complete a valid Request for
Referendum. The total number of soybean producers participating in the
referendum was 229. The number of valid petitions received was 207.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Julian, Research and Promotion
Division, Livestock and Poultry Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2092-S, STOP
0249, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0249;
Telephone: (202) 731-2149; or Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8b2998b9796d6b28d94919996b88d8b9c99d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8a2899b8786c6a29d84818986a89d9b8c89c68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Soybean Promotion, Research,
and Consumer Information Act (Act) (7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), every 5
years the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) gives soybean producers
the opportunity to request a referendum on the Order. If the Secretary
determines that at least 10 percent of U.S. producers engaged in
growing soybeans (not in excess of one-fifth of which may be producers
in any one State) support the conduct of a referendum, the Secretary
must conduct a referendum within one year of that determination. If
these requirements are not met, a referendum is not conducted.
A notice of opportunity to Request a Soybean Referendum was
published in the Federal Register (89 FR 7353) on February 2, 2024. To
be eligible to participate in the Request for Referendum, producers or
the producer entity that they are authorized to represent must provide
supporting documentation showing that they or the producer entity they
represent paid an assessment sometime during the representative period
between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023. Based on data from
USDA's Farm Service Agency, there are 413,358 soybean producers in the
United States.
A total of 229 producers participated in the Request for
Referendum. Only 207 valid requests for a referendum were completed by
eligible soybean producers. This number does not meet the requisite
number of 41,336. Therefore, based on the results, a referendum will
not be conducted. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, soybean
producers will be provided another opportunity to request a referendum
in 5 years.
The following are the State-by-State results of the Request for
Referendum:
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State Valid ballots
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Alabama................................................. 0
Alaska.................................................. 0
Arizona................................................. 0
Arkansas................................................ 0
California.............................................. 0
Colorado................................................ 0
Connecticut............................................. 0
Delaware................................................ 0
Florida................................................. 0
Georgia................................................. 0
Hawaii.................................................. 0
Idaho................................................... 0
Illinois................................................ 35
Indiana................................................. 33
Iowa.................................................... 46
Kansas.................................................. 2
Kentucky................................................ 7
Louisiana............................................... 0
Maine................................................... 0
Maryland................................................ 4
Massachusetts........................................... 0
Michigan................................................ 1
Minnesota............................................... 27
Mississippi............................................. 0
Missouri................................................ 12
Montana................................................. 0
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Nebraska................................................ 4
Nevada.................................................. 0
New Hampshire........................................... 0
New Jersey.............................................. 0
New Mexico.............................................. 0
New York................................................ 0
North Carolina.......................................... 0
North Dakota............................................ 2
Ohio.................................................... 14
Oklahoma................................................ 0
Oregon.................................................. 0
Pennsylvania............................................ 2
Rhode Island............................................ 0
South Carolina.......................................... 0
South Dakota............................................ 12
Tennessee............................................... 0
Texas................................................... 1
Utah.................................................... 0
Vermont................................................. 0
Virginia................................................ 0
Washington.............................................. 0
West Virginia........................................... 0
Wisconsin............................................... 5
Wyoming................................................. 0
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301-6311.
Melissa Bailey,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-22453 Filed 9-30-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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