§ 104.53. Producer charges.
(a) A producer owes a producer charge to the Program each marketing season. The producer charge is the lesser of the following:
(1) A flat fee of $25, plus $1.50 for each vegetable production unit exceeding five vegetable production units.
Example: A grower conducts field vegetable production on 10 acres of land and also has 6,000 square feet of greenhouse vegetable production. This means the grower’s vegetable production occurs on a total of 16 vegetable production units (10 of which are attributable to the 10 1-acre units devoted to field vegetable production and 6 of which are attributable to the 6 1,000-square-foot units devoted to greenhouse vegetable production). The $1.50-per-vegetable-production-unit producer charge does not apply to the first five of these 16 vegetable production units, but applies to the remaining 11. The producer charge is $41.50, calculated by adding (the flat fee of $25) plus (11 vegetable production units multiplied by $1.50 per vegetable production unit).
(2) An amount equal to 1.25% (0.0125) of gross sales of vegetables during a particular marketing season, but no less than $25.
(b) Producer charges may be changed by subsequent amendment of the Program in accordance with the referendum procedures in Chapter 103 (relating to referendums).
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