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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

SPECIALTY CROPS PROGRAM

Referendum Instructions - Cranberry Marketing Order No. 929

I. REFERENDUM PERIOD

___________________________, 20___ through __________________________, 20___ is the 

referendum period during which producers may vote for or against continuance of the marketing order 

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. All votable issues have been included in this Ballot.

For the marketing order to continue, it must be supported by at least 50 percent of the growers voting or 

the growers representing at least 50 percent of the volume of production represented in the referendum.

II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING -- YOUR BALLOT MUST SUPPLY:

1. Your vote. Mark in the block of your choice.

2. The number of barrels of cranberries produced in the _____ crop year and acreage and the State 

where produced.

3. Your cooperative affiliation, if any.

4. Your signature and address. If voting for a corporation, estate, or producer, show its name and 

your title. Enclosed is an envelope for returning the ballot. No postage is required.

III. PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE

1. Any producer who produced cranberries for market during the 20___ crop year from September 

1, 20___, through March 31, 20___, and is now a producer.

2. For the purposes of this referendum, a producer is defined as: (a) an owner of a cranberry bog or 

marsh that produces cranberries; (b) a renter or tenant of a cranberry bog or marsh that produces 

cranberries; or (c) a landlord who received from a renter or tenant cranberries as rent for land on which 

cranberries are grown. A cash landlord, lienholder or person having only a financial interest in the crop is 

ineligible.

3. A business unit partnership, family enterprise, corporation, association, estate, or firm may cast 

only one vote; however, each separate entity is entitled to one vote.

Agent of the Secretary

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is OMB 

0581-0189. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering, and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection 

of information.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

OFFICIAL PRODUCER BALLOT

CRANBERRY MARKETING ORDER NO. 929

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the Ballot and Certification. 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 August 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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