7 CFR § 981.19 - Crop year.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s981.19"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "7 CFR § 981.19 - Crop year."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "981.19"
section_name: "Crop year."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "981"
part_name: "ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 11372, July 16, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "981"
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# 981.19 Crop year.

*Crop year* means the twelve-month period from August 1 to the following July 31, inclusive. Any new crop almonds harvested or received prior to August 1 will be applied to the next crop year for marketing order purposes. The first crop year after the implementation of this amendment shall be a 13-month period.

[61 FR 32920, June 26, 1996, as amended at 88 FR 82235, Nov. 24, 2023]