Walnut Marketing Board

[1] Under the AAA, the Walnut Control Board was authorized to assess crops and declare a percentage as surplus.Its 1934 assessment designating 30% of the crop as surplus met with local resistance.[3] In 2009, responding to a request from the Board, the United States Department of Agriculture purchased $30 million of the crop, which was distributed to nutrition assistance programs.[7] Its activities now include the promotion of walnuts in the US diet, research funding, product grading, and compilation of crop statistics.[8] An analysis of its domestic marketing program, published in 2002, concluded that its cost-benefit ratio was favorable.
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