USDA Seeks Nominees for American Pecan Promotion Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominees for the American Pecan Promotion Board. Nominees are needed to fill six seats with terms beginning Oct. 1, 2026, and ending Sept. 30, 2029.

USDA seeks nominees for the following seats:
- Four Western producer seats
- Two importer seats

The Western Region consists of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, plus any states in the U.S. whose land mass is in the Mountain or Pacific Time zones, plus any U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean.

The board is made up of 17 industry members including 10 producers and seven importers. To serve on the board, producers and importers must have produced or imported more than 50,000 pounds of inshell pecans (25,000 pounds of shelled pecans), on average, for four fiscal periods. Producers who produce pecans in more than one region may seek nomination only in the region in which they produce the majority of their pecans.

More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) American Pecan Promotion Board webpage or on the board's website at www.eatpecans.com. For nomination information, contact the American Pecan Promotion Board at [email protected] or (817) 985-3034 or USDA Marketing Specialist Sarah Richardson at [email protected] or (202) 720-8085.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight to 21 boards. The oversight ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity and is paid for by industry assessments.

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