In the September 21, 2016, Federal Register, USDA's AMS implemented a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee for a decrease in the assessment rate established for the 2016–17 and subsequent crop years from $0.10 to $0.05 per hundredweight of dates handled. The interim rule was effective September 22, 2016, and comments are due November 21, 2016.

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