Tart Cherry

Background

Tart cherries are governed by a marketing order (7 CFR Part 930), which authorizes volume control authority and is managed by the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (CIAB). When the CIAB institutes diversion for a crop year, growers may divert marketable production and receive diversion certificates from the CIAB.

The ARH Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions state marketable production from diverted acres will be valued at a price determined by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) for each crop year.

The ARH Sweet Cherry and Tart Cherry for Processing Pilot Crop Provisions establish an Annual Price to determine revenue to count for certain appraised or unsold marketable production.

In accordance with the definition of Annual Price in Section 2 of the crop provisions, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) is issuing the following Annual Prices for crop year 2023: