3-404. Marketing order and marketing agreement
programs


A. A marketing order or marketing agreement applies to all producers and shippers
included under the terms of the order or agreement.


B. A marketing order or marketing agreement may:


1. Provide for establishing standards for the quality, condition, size or maturity
of a commodity marketed in or shipped outside this state. Standards shall not be less
than the standards provided by articles 2 and 4 of this chapter and rules adopted
pursuant to those articles.


2. Provide for plans to conduct programs for advertising and sales promotion.


3. Provide for research studies to improve production, distribution and marketing.


4. Provide for educational programs designed to inform producers and shippers about
quality improvement or about practices, procedures and methods used in production,
processing and marketing.


5. Provide for research and educational programs concerning health, food,
nutritional, therapeutic and dietetic qualities or for developing new food products or
new uses for agricultural products.


6. Provide programs to control and eradicate insects, disease and parasites.


7. Provide for establishing and regulating the use of an official brand, trade name
or label.


8. Provide programs to gather and disseminate weather data to producers.


9. Provide for developing and funding programs, jointly or cooperatively, with
public or private organizations including funding marketing information services.


10. Authorize persons to participate in hearings regarding agricultural chemicals
that are used by the affected commodity.