Rescinding Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Referendum Procedures

Document 2025-09697 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on May 29, 2025, with an effective date of July 28, 2025. This direct final rule rescinds the referendum procedures for the proposed Natural Grass Sod Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Sod Proposed Order), issued on December 10, 2024. The referendum failed and the Sod Proposed Order was not approved, therefore it is being withdrawn through a Notice which will also be published in the Federal Register. Therefore, the referendum procedures for the Sod Proposed Order are no longer necessary and AMS is rescinding the part in its entirety. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09697/rescinding-natural-grass-sod-promotion-research-and-information-order-referendum-procedures.

No. Document 2025-09697 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.