7 CFR § 983.26 - Production year.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s983.26"
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title: "7 CFR § 983.26 - Production year."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "983.26"
section_name: "Production year."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "983"
part_name: "PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, AND NEW MEXICO"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
regulatory_source: "69 FR 17850, Apr. 4, 2004, unless otherwise noted."
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# 983.26 Production year.

*Production year* is synonymous with “fiscal period” and means the period beginning on September 1 and ending on August 31 of each year or such other period as may be recommended by the committee and approved by the Secretary. Pistachios harvested and received in August of any year shall be applied to the subsequent production year for marketing order purposes.

[69 FR 17850, Apr. 4, 2004. Redesignated at 74 FR 56539, Nov. 2, 2009]