02-6209. Tobacco Marketing Quota Referenda Results: Burley and Flue-Cured Tobaccos, 2001

AGENCY:

Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of results of marketing quota referenda for burley and flue-cured tobaccos for 2001.

SUMMARY:

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) herein announces results of marketing quota referenda held in 2001 for burley and flue-cured tobacco. These referenda were conducted to determine if a sufficient number of voting producers who own or grow these tobaccos wanted national marketing quotas to continue for the three marketing years 2001, 2002 and 2003. A majority of the eligible producers voting in the referenda approved continuation of the national marketing quotas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ann Wortham, Tobacco and Peanuts Division, [phone] or at e-mail address [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Discussion of Notice

In January 2001, the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretary) announced that national marketing quotas would be in effect for flue-cured tobacco for the three marketing years beginning with 2001, subject to approval by flue-cured producers in a referendum held in accordance with Sec. 312(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. The flue-cured tobacco referendum was conducted January 8 through January 12, 2001, and indicated that 97 percent of voting producers favored the quotas.

The Secretary announced in February 2001, that national marketing quotas would be in effect for burley tobacco for the three marketing years beginning with 2001, subject to approval by burley producers in a referendum. The burley marketing quota referendum, held from February 12 through February 16, 2001, indicated that 97.4 percent of the producers who voted favored the quotas.

This notice is to announce the referenda results, as required by 7 CFR part 717.24. The results of each referenda are set forth below.

Notice

Results of the National Marketing Quota Referenda for the 2001 Through 2003 Marketing Years for Flue-Cured and Burley Tobaccos

The following is a summary, by State, of the results of each referendum.

Flue-Cured

State	Yes	No	Total
Alabama	1	0	1
Florida	133	3	136
Georgia	363	84	447
North Carolina	6,589	160	6,749
South Carolina	761	13	774
Virginia	1,420	37	1,457
Total	9,267	297	9,564

Burley

State	Yes	No	Total
Alabama	1	0	1
Arkansas	1	0	1
Georgia	13	2	15
Indiana	3899	183	4,082
Kansas	19	2	21
Kentucky	85,682	1,272	86,954
Missouri	770	33	803
North Carolina	4,644	164	4,808
Ohio	4,851	201	5,052
Oklahoma	0	0	0
Tennessee	26,720	1,442	28,162
Virginia	7,146	219	7,365
West Virginia	1,276	47	1,323
Total	135,022	3,565	135,587

Signed at Washington, DC, on February 28, 2002.

James R. Little,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency and Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.