# 2026-08335: Texas Oranges Face Fee Squeeze in Rio Grande Valley

2026-08335, Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate, is a Federal Register proposed rule from Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service published 2026-04-29, effective 2025-08-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08335
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-08335
- Title: Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Increased Assessment Rate
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service
- Citation: 91 FR 23021
- Published: 2026-04-29
- Effective: 2025-08-01
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Texas Oranges Face Fee Squeeze in Rio Grande Valley

## Summary

Orange and grapefruit growers in Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley might pay a bit more soon! The proposed rule suggests raising the fee from 4 cents to 7 cents per small carton starting in the 2025-2026 season and beyond. This change helps support the citrus industry, and folks have until May 29, 2026, to share their thoughts.

## Abstract

This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2025-2026 fiscal period and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.04 to $0.07 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit grown in Texas. The proposed assessment rate would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

## Effects PRIA read

- Handlers Pay Higher Assessments: cost, medium. If you handle oranges or grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, the assessment you pay would increase from $0.04 to $0.07 per 7/10-bushel carton (an increase of $0.03) starting August 1, 2025. Under the Committee's estimates, assessment income would rise from $144,000 (at $0.04)…
- Producers May Bear Some Costs: cost, low. Assessments are collected from handlers, but the rule notes that some of those costs may be passed on to producers. Using an estimated average producer price of $14.15 per 7/10-bushel carton, the $0.07 assessment would represent about 0.5 percent of producer revenue per carton.
- Rule Mainly Hits Small Citrus Businesses: cost, low. The rule affects an industry with about 75 producers and 17 handlers in the production area; based on SBA size standards and the Committee's data, the majority of those producers and handlers may qualify as small entities. AMS's analysis uses shipment and price data to show estimated average receip…

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## Sources
- [2026-08335 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/29/2026-08335/oranges-and-grapefruit-grown-in-lower-rio-grande-valley-in-texas-increased-assessment-rate)
- [2026-08335 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-29/pdf/2026-08335.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08335 (as of 2026-06-11).