# Biobased Markets Program
> **Rural Utilities Service** · Final rule. · Published 2024-12-09 · Effective 2025-01-08 · 89 FR 97459
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-28431
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Rural Utilities Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 97459
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 3201
- **Publication date:** 2024-12-09
- **Effective date:** 2025-01-08
- **USDA docket:** Docket No. RBS-22-BUSINESS-0004
## Abstract

The Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBCS or the Agency), an agency of the Rural Development (RD) mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is issuing a final rule to adopt changes from the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) that apply to the Biobased Markets (BioPreferred) Program. These changes include the merger of the Guidelines for Designating Biobased Products for Federal Procurement and the Voluntary Labeling Program for Biobased Products into one streamlined regulation, Biobased Markets (BioPreferred) Program.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/09/2024-28431/biobased-markets-program)
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