[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR959.50]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 959_ONIONS GROWN IN SOUTH TEXAS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  959.50  Marketing policy.

    (a) At the beginning of each season, and as the Secretary may 
require, the committee shall prepare a marketing policy. Such policy 
shall indicate the data on onion supplies and demand on which the 
committee bases its judgments and recommendations. It shall indicate 
also the kind or types of regulations contemplated during the ensuing 
season, and, to the extent practical, shall include recommendations for 
specific regulations. Notice of such marketing policy shall be given to 
producers, handlers, and other interested parties by bulletins, 
newspapers, or other appropriate media, and copies thereof shall be 
submitted to the Secretary and shall be available generally.
    (b) Marketing policy statements relating to recommendations for 
regulations shall give appropriate consideration to onion supplies for 
the season, with special consideration to:

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    (1) Estimates of total supplies, including grade, size, and quality 
thereof, in the production area;
    (2) Estimates of supplies in the competing areas;
    (3) Market prices by grades, sizes, containers, and packs;
    (4) Estimates of supplies of competing commodities;
    (5) Anticipated marketing problems;
    (6) Level and trend of consumer income; and
    (7) Other relevant factors.