Marketing Order Administration

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.

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: Jacqueline Boyer

10B Airline Drive

Albany, NY 12235

[email protected]

The most recent meeting of the Cabbage Research and Development Program Advisory Board was held on February 5, 2024. The meeting agenda is available below.

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. 

The most recent meeting of the Cabbage Research and Development Program Advisory Board was held Monday, February 5, 2024. An agenda for the meeting is 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.

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.

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.

Meeting materials are posted below for the most recent Onion Research and Development Program Advisory Board meeting, held on June 26, 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.

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.

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.

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.