The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that a proposed amendment to the federal marketing order for cranberries grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and New York (Long Island) did not pass in a referendum held from Jan. 23 through Feb. 13, 2017. As a result, the amendment proposed to allow the Cranberry Marketing Committee to receive and expend voluntary contributions from domestic sources will not be implemented.
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