[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon introduce a rule exempting organic growers from paying mandatory promotion assessments to federal marketing orders. This will mean, for example, that organic pears will no longer be subject to an assessment of 38.5 cents a box to fund promotions by the Pear Bureau Northwest. The Pear Bureau is one of 23 commodity check-off programs operating under federal marketing orders. Currently, only growers who produce exclusively organic products can be […]