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Due to national concerns regarding the Coronavirus, the American Pecan Congress event on April 21, 2020 has been postponed.
We hope to reschedule this event on August 18, 2020. More details will follow at a later date.
The American Pecan Council meeting on April 22, 2020 will be hosted by a conference call. We will not be meeting in person at the DFW Hyatt.
Details for the call-in meeting will follow soon.
We apologize for the inconveniences that may result from these changes. Should you have any questions please contact the American Pecan Council office.
Industry funded the January 2020 Pecan Production and Disposition Survey conducted by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is the second year the American Pecan Council is sponsoring a production and disposition inquiry. This survey will provide you and others in the pecan industry with initial production, value and disposition estimates. The crop year of reference will be 2019. The States of interest are Arizona, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The publication date/time will be 3:00 PM Eastern Time on January 23, 2020 at http://www.nass.usda.gov/. Survey instructions are included below. The final production and disposition inquiry will take place in April. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Council office at (817) 916-0020.
Industry funded the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct the December Pecan Crop Estimate Report, which is used to help determine the size of the 2019 pecan crop. The states of interest are Arizona, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The publication date/time will be 12:00 PM Eastern Time on December 10, 2019 in the Crop Production report. Preliminary estimates for the 2019 pecan crop will be included in the report for all major producing states. Survey instructions are included below. All NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Council office at (817) 916-0020.
APC has been working to reduce the amount of monthly reporting forms to further lessen the burden on handlers. APC has revised the reporting forms down to three monthly reporting forms and one annual reporting form which has gone for USDA approval.
The proposed rule to revise the reporting requirements has been published on November 20, 2019 in the Federal Register (See attachment below). The comment period ends on Dec. 20, 2019. The proposed rule will then go through final review and approval. APC will notify industry once the final rule is published. (more…)
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On July 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released an official press release announcing further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural producers. Of these funds, $14.5 billion will be provided in direct payments through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP) for 2019 to assist impacted producers, which is in line with the estimated impacts of the retaliatory tariffs on – and non-tariff barriers to exports of – U.S. agricultural goods. (more…)