# Almonds Grown in California; Amendments to the Marketing Order
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Final rule. · Published 2024-05-07 · Effective 2024-06-06 · 89 FR 37965
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-09553
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 37965
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 981
- **Publication date:** 2024-05-07
- **Effective date:** 2024-06-06
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-SC-21-0089
## Abstract

This rulemaking amends Marketing Order No. 981, which regulates the handling of almonds grown in California. This final rule modifies the definition of almonds and shelled almonds, establishes a definition for "almond biomass," and changes dates when the Almond Board of California (Board) conducts elections to coincide with assessment collections and when the Board submits volume regulation recommendations to USDA. The amendments modify certain marketing order provisions to facilitate orderly administration of the program. Additionally, the amendments modernize, simplify, or align language with current industry practices and definitions.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/07/2024-09553/almonds-grown-in-california-amendments-to-the-marketing-order)
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