SC-242 Marketing Agreement (Handlers)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

SPECIALTY CROPS PROGRAM

MARKETING AGREEMENT REGULATING THE HANDLING OF ____________

PRODUCED IN THE STATE(S) OF _______________

The parties hereto, in Order to effectuate the declared policy of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674, the “Act”), and in accordance with the applicable rules of practice and procedure effective thereunder (7 CFR Part 900), desire to enter into this Agreement regulating the handling of _________ produced in the state(s) of ____________; and each party hereto agrees that such handling shall, from the effective date of this Marketing Agreement, be in conformity to, and in compliance with, the provisions of said Marketing Agreement.

The provisions of sections ___________, inclusive, of the Order annexed to and made a part of the decision of the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) with respect to a proposed Marketing Agreement and Order regulating the handling of _________ produced in ___________, plus the following additional provisions shall be, and the same hereby are, the terms and conditions hereof; and the specified provisions of said annexed Order are hereby incorporated into this Marketing Agreement as if set forth in full herein.

§ ___________ Counterparts.

Handlers may sign an Agreement with the Secretary indicating their support for the Marketing Order. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts by each handler. If fifty percent of the handlers, weighted by the volume of __________ handled during a representative period, enter into such an Agreement, then a Marketing Agreement shall exist for the ___________ Marketing Order.

§ ___________ Additional Parties.

After the Marketing Order becomes effective, any handler may become a party to the Marketing Agreement if a counterpart is executed by him or her and delivered to the Secretary.

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§ ___________ Order with Marketing Agreement.

Each signatory handler hereby requests the Secretary to issue, pursuant to the Act, an Order providing for regulating the handling of _________ in the same manner as is provided for in this Agreement. The undersigned hereby authorizes the Deputy Administrator, Specialty Crops Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to correct any typographical errors which may have been made in this Marketing Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the contracting parties, acting under the provisions of the Act, for the purpose and subject to the limitations therein contained, and not otherwise, have hereto set their respective signatures and seals.

_______________________________	BY:	_______________________________
Firm Name ______________________________________________		Signature* _______________________________
Mailing Address		Title __________________________________
(Corporate Seal; if none, so state)		Date of Execution

During the period from________________ through _______________________, the firm named herein

Handled_____________________ pounds of ________ that were produced in the designated production area.

* If one of the contracting parties to this Agreement is a corporation, my signature constitutes certification that I have the power granted to me by the Board of Directors to bind this corporation to the Marketing Agreement.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

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SC-242 (Exp. 12/2022. Destroy previous editions.)