Marketing Order for Onions Grown in South Texas (M.O. No. 959); Hearing

Document 2026-01351 is a Proposed Rule published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on January 23, 2026. Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to receive evidence on proposals recommended by the South Texas Onion Committee (Committee) to amend Federal Marketing Order No. 959 (Order). The proposed amendments would lower the threshold for continuance referenda; expand research and promotion authority to include marketing promotion and paid advertising; add authority to accept voluntary contributions; and increase committee size by one seat to include a public member. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) also proposes to make additional changes to the Order as may be necessary to conform to any amendatory changes that result from the hearing. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/23/2026-01351/marketing-order-for-onions-grown-in-south-texas-mo-no-959-hearing.

No. Document 2026-01351 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.