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2024-2025 Tart Cherry Free and Restricted Percentages Compliance Training

$129.99

Ensure your tart cherry operation is fully prepared for the 2024-2025 crop year with in-depth guidance on the USDA’s Federal marketing order. This course breaks down the established 81% free and 19% restricted percentages for handlers in Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. Learn precise compliance steps, proper recordkeeping, reporting requirements, and the implications of non-compliance. Stay ahead of regulatory demands and support market stability—critical for grower returns and business sustainability.

In this course you will learn the following:
* Understand the purpose and scope of the final rule and its legal authority.
* Identify the free and restricted percentages for the 2024-2025 crop year and their implications.
* Apply the procedures for compliance, including calculation methods and reporting requirements.
* Recognize the consequences of non-compliance, including legal and financial risks.
* Implement best practices for recordkeeping and reporting under the marketing order.

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NOTE: Unless otherwise indicated, all course purchases are for access to the course for a period of 1-year.  At the end of the one year term, the course will be set to “inactive”. 

Why This Course is Important
Without this course, handlers and growers may risk non-compliance with federal regulations, potentially facing financial penalties, market exclusion, and unstable grower returns due to incorrect application of volume controls or missing required documentation.

Course Details
This is a self-paced eLearning course based on the Federal Register Document titled Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2024-2025 Crop Year.

Key regulatory references include:

Course SKU
FR-26-2179-1