FV-53 929-Cranberries Termination (Continuance Referendum Ball

REPRODUCE LOCALLY. Include form number and date on all reproductions. OMB No. 0581-1089

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united states department of agriculture

Agricultural Marketing Service

Fruit and Vegetable Programs

Marketing Order Administration Branch

1400 INDEPENDENCE AVE., S.W.

Room 1406 - South Building

WASHINGTON, DC 20250-0237

Official Business

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Postage Has Been Prepaid By:

Referendum Agent

FV-MOAB, AMS, USDA, Room 1406-S

Washington, DC 20250-0327

BALLOT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE OFFICIAL PRODUCER BALLOT CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDER NO. 929

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the Ballot and Certification (mark an “X” in the appropriate box). Fold on the dotted line with the address displayed, and return. Information you enter on this Ballot will be kept strictly confidential. In order to be counted, your Ballot must be signed and postmarked by ________________, 20___.

Please read all questions and answer those that apply to you. This Referendum is for the purpose of determining whether growers favor continuance of Marketing Order No. 929.

Do you favor continuance of Marketing Order No. 929 regulating the handling of cranberries grown in the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in the State of New York?

YES, I favor continuance of Marketing Order No. 929.

NO, I do not favor continuance of Marketing Order No. 929.

CERTIFICATION STATEMENT

I hereby certify that I am a producer and produced cranberries within the defined production area during the 20___ crop year (September 1, 20___ through March 31, 20___). (If you did not harvest cranberries from your acreage during 20___ because of crop failure or non-bearing acreage, write “NONE” in the space provided for number of barrels below).

________________ from ___________________ in _____________________________

(barrels) (approx. acreage) (State)

Name		Address
Signature
		Date

NOTE: If you are renting on a share crop basis, you should report only that part of the crop represented by your share.

If you marketed any of the above cranberries through a cooperative marketing association, please list the cooperative’s name.

NOTE: If the vote is cast on behalf of a corporate, estate, or producer, my signature certifies that I have the authority to take such action. (IN SUCH CASE, SHOW NAME OF SUCH CORPORATION, ESTATE, OR PRODUCER AND YOUR TITLE BELOW).

Name of corporation, estate, or producer

Title

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FV-53 (Rev. 7/10. Destroy previous editions.)