In 1996 the Federal Marketing Order was established to regulate the amount of tart cherries being sold by producers in the United States. The intent of the order was to keep supply of the fruit in line with demand and therefore increase the price to the growers of tart cherries. Sadly, this is not what happened. The Federal Marketing Order implemented by the CIAB (Cherry Industry Administrative Board) under direction of the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) should be abolished because it; promotes an unfair advantage over states without restriction, doesn’t take into account for the importation of foreign tart cherries, and there is more demand than U.S. supply can handle.
The Federal Marketing Order was created from a board of …show more content…
The Formula, according to the Code of Federal Regulations, does take factor for “The estimated size of the crop to be handled, The expected general quality of such cherry production, The expected carryover as of July 1 of canned and frozen cherries and other cherry products, The expected demand conditions for cherries in different market segments, Supplies of competing commodities, An analysis of economic factors having a bearing on the marketing of cherries The estimated tonnage held by handlers in primary or secondary inventory reserves, Any estimated release of primary or secondary inventory reserve cherries during the crop year, and The quantity of grower-diverted cherries during the crop year.” (Code of Federal Regulation 930.50). As one can see, nothing in the formula addresses imports. The Federal Marketing order is still the same general regulations as it was in 1996. This is defective, times change so should a regulation to keep up with times. The reason why some in the cherry industry are fed up with the Federal Marketing Order; including my family business, is that there is always going to be an inaccurate amount of cherries demanded then actually is. My Family Business cannot see how a Federal regulation doesn’t account for imports into the industry when it would be highly …show more content…
They believe this because they are scared the market would crash, like it once did before the order was established. This is understandable, but highly unlikely. There worrisome way of thinking is an invalid reason to want restriction. Therefore, they are wrong. They are wrong because the order promotes imported cherries rather than domestic cherries, promotes advantages over unregulated states, and demand is higher than current production in the U.S. One can easily see that the positives about saying “good reddens” to the order outweigh the negative
The Federal Marketing Order was created from a board of …show more content…
The Formula, according to the Code of Federal Regulations, does take factor for “The estimated size of the crop to be handled, The expected general quality of such cherry production, The expected carryover as of July 1 of canned and frozen cherries and other cherry products, The expected demand conditions for cherries in different market segments, Supplies of competing commodities, An analysis of economic factors having a bearing on the marketing of cherries The estimated tonnage held by handlers in primary or secondary inventory reserves, Any estimated release of primary or secondary inventory reserve cherries during the crop year, and The quantity of grower-diverted cherries during the crop year.” (Code of Federal Regulation 930.50). As one can see, nothing in the formula addresses imports. The Federal Marketing order is still the same general regulations as it was in 1996. This is defective, times change so should a regulation to keep up with times. The reason why some in the cherry industry are fed up with the Federal Marketing Order; including my family business, is that there is always going to be an inaccurate amount of cherries demanded then actually is. My Family Business cannot see how a Federal regulation doesn’t account for imports into the industry when it would be highly …show more content…
They believe this because they are scared the market would crash, like it once did before the order was established. This is understandable, but highly unlikely. There worrisome way of thinking is an invalid reason to want restriction. Therefore, they are wrong. They are wrong because the order promotes imported cherries rather than domestic cherries, promotes advantages over unregulated states, and demand is higher than current production in the U.S. One can easily see that the positives about saying “good reddens” to the order outweigh the negative