DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Division of Fruit and Vegetables
Florida Cotton Marketing Order
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5G-7.003 Assessments; Collections
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Division of Fruit and Vegetables
Results of Florida Cotton Marketing Order Referendum Announced
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced today that Florida’s cotton growers authorized the Florida cotton marketing order in a statutorily required referendum conducted by the department. The results of the ballots returned yielded 79% YES votes representing 89.5% total acres.
A marketing order establishes, by vote of the producers, a self-imposed assessment or fee to be used for a variety of industry activities, including: advertising and promoting their agricultural products, expanding markets and distribution channels, researching improved growing techniques, regulating the quality and grades of their products, regulating trade practices, and resolving other critical problems and needs in the industry.
