7 CFR § 989.111 - Independent producer and small cooperative producer.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t7/s989.111"
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title: "7 CFR § 989.111 - Independent producer and small cooperative producer."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "989.111"
section_name: "Independent producer and small cooperative producer."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND ORDERS; FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "989"
part_name: "RAISINS PRODUCED FROM GRAPES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 601-674."
cfr_part: "989"
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# 989.111 Independent producer and small cooperative producer.
(a) *Independent producer* means any producer who is not a member of a cooperative bargaining association or a cooperative marketing association, nor has sold for cash to a cooperative marketing association.
(b) *Small cooperative producer* means any producer who is a member of a cooperative marketing association which acquired less than 10 percent of total raisin acquisitions during the crop year preceding the year in which nominations are held.
[49 FR 18730, May 2, 1984]