Ch.
ATCP
142
–
CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDER
(Clearinghouse Rule #1
4
-0
42
)
The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) hereby submits the following rule for publication:
Clearinghouse rule #:
1
4
-0
42
Subject:
Cranberry Marketing Order
Adm. code reference:
ATCP
142
DATCP Docket #:
1
3
-R-
15
We are enclosing a copy of the final rule, as adopted by DATCP. We are also providing the following information for publication with the rule, as required by s.
227.114
(6)
, Stats.
Business Impact Analysis (Summary)
Cranberry growers are all small businesses. In 2012 the growers collectively produced a total crop of 4,830,000 barrels valued at approximately $231 million. The price per barrel in 2012 was $47.80. At the assessment rate of 10 cents per barrel the assessment in 2012 equaled approximately .02 percent of the crop value. If the Cranberry Board assess at the maximum rates, the assessment, based on 2012 price per barrel, will equal .031 % of the crop value in 2015 and 2016, .042% in 2017 and 2018 and .052% thereafter. The result is a modest cost increase for each grower. However, if the use of assessments produces the kind of market share increase that the industry has seen in recent years the increased
assessment cost will be more than made up for by increased sales.
Comments from Legislative Committees (Summary)
On
Febru
ary
10
, 201
5
, DATCP transmitted the above rule for legislative committee review. The rule was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture and the Senate Committee on
Agriculture
,
Small Business
, and
Tourism
. Neither committee took action. The Senate referred the rule to the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) on March
26,
201
5
and the Assembly referred it to JCRAR on March
25
, 201
5
. JCRAR took no action on the rule.
