Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico; Decreased Assessment Rate

Document 2025-18179 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on September 19, 2025, with an effective date of October 20, 2025. This final rule implements a recommendation from the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) to decrease the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 and subsequent production years from $0.0007 to $0.0003 per pound of assessable pistachios handled under the marketing order. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/19/2025-18179/pistachios-grown-in-california-arizona-and-new-mexico-decreased-assessment-rate.

No. Document 2025-18179 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.