Overview
The Department works cooperatively with Empire State Development on the administration of all fair product marketing orders. Orders currently in place include the Apple Marketing Order, Apple Research and Development Program, Sour Cherry Marketing Order, Onion Research and Development Program, and the Cabbage Research and Development Program. Combined, these orders generate about $2 million in industry funds annually which are used to market and promote the subject products and to support market and production research.
Marketing Orders are initiated by grower-submitted and supported petitions which outline the industry-specific issues that might require the Department to collect assessments from producers for the purpose of marketing and/or research. Departmental review, public hearings, and a referendum vote by producers aid in determining if the order is to be adopted. Marketing Orders are also voted on periodically to ensure they are still endorsed by industry staff. For more information on this process, please contact us.
Marketing Order Advisory Board Nominations
Nominations are still open for positions on New York State’s Apple, Onion, and Cabbage Marketing Order Advisory Boards. Marketing Order Advisory Boards convene to recommend funding priorities to the Department’s Commissioner, inform the Department of industry issues, and ensure that funded projects are having the intended impact on New York State agriculture.
Requests for forms and completed nominations can be addressed to:
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Division of Agricultural Development
Attn: Marketing Order Administrator
10B Airline Drive
Albany, NY 12235
Next Meetings
The next meeting of the Apple Research and Development Program Advisory Board will be held March 7, 2024. The agenda is available below.
Information about future meetings of the Apple, Onion, and Sour Cherry Research and Development Program Advisory Boards will be posted here when it is available.
Cabbage Research and Development Program Advisory Board
The most recent meeting of the Cabbage Research and Development Program Advisory Board was held Monday, February 5, 2024. An agenda and the draft minutes for the meeting are available in the "Next Meetings" section on this page. Additionally, meeting materials are posted below for the meeting held on March 2, 2023. If you are looking for additional materials from this or another previous meetings, please contact our Department.
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Minutes - Cabbage Research and Development Program - February 5, 2024
This is a draft copy of the minutes of the February 5, 2024 Cabbage Research and Development Program Meeting.
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Apple Research and Development Program Advisory Board
Meeting materials are posted below for the most recent Apple Research and Development Program Advisory Board meeting, held on March 8, 2023. Minutes from this meeting and the agenda are available below. If you are looking for additional materials from these or other previous meetings, please contact our Department.
Onion Research and Development Program Advisory Board
Meeting materials are posted below for the most recent Onion Research and Development Program Advisory Board meeting, held on March 21, 2023. Minutes from this meeting are available below. If you are looking for additional materials from these or other previous meetings, please contact our Department.
Apple Marketing Order Advisory Board
The next meeting of the Apple Marketing Order Advisory Board will be held on June 14, 2024. The agenda and meeting materials are available below.
The most recent meeting of the Apple Marketing Order Advisory Board was held on April 22, 2024. The agenda and additional materials are available below. A recording of the meeting is available here.
If you are looking for additional materials from these or other previous meetings, please contact our Department.
Sour Cherry Marketing Order
Commissioner Ball has approved the removal of the 2021-22 suspension of the Sour Cherry Marketing Order (SCMO). The official “SCMO Notice of Suspension Removal” can be found below. The SCMO Advisory Committee has recommended that sour cherry marketing activities resume for the 2022-23 season; however, SCMO collections from the industry will effectively remain suspended (i.e. – the assessment rate has been set at “$0/ ton”) until market conditions and the effectiveness of the SCMO are further assessed.
Laws and Regulations
Below are the laws and program regulations concerning current Marketing Orders (except for dairy). If you are a grower, processor, or sales agent of either of the crops listed, please also refer to the “Reports” section of this page for additional program requirements.
Reports
Under active Marketing Orders, growers, processors, and/or sales agents of subject crops may be required to submit reports to the Department based on their planted acreage and/or sales of that crop. An assessment is calculated based on these reports.
Payments are to be sent in to the Department via the following address, with checks made payable to “Empire State Development”:
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Attention: Division of Agricultural Development
10B Airline Drive
Albany, New York 12335
Below are the reports required for current Marketing Orders. Please read the instructions carefully.