# 2026-19174: Florida Citrus Farmers Vote: Keep the Marketing Rules or Bust?

2026-19174, Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida; Continuance Referendum, is a Federal Register notice from Agriculture Department, Agricultural Marketing Service published 2026-09-18, effective 2026-10-19; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-25).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19174
- As of: 2026-09-25
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19174
- Title: Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines, and Pummelos Grown in Florida; Continuance Referendum
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service
- Citation: 91 FR 59101
- Published: 2026-09-18
- Effective: 2026-10-19
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-25

## In one line

Florida Citrus Farmers Vote: Keep the Marketing Rules or Bust?

## Summary

Florida citrus growers who produced oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, or pummelos between August 2025 and July 2026 will vote from October 19 to November 9, 2026, on whether to keep the current marketing rules that help manage their fruit sales. This vote decides if the marketing order stays in place, which affects how their fruit is handled and marketed. The results could impact how these growers do business and possibly their earnings.

## Abstract

This document directs that a referendum be conducted among eligible Florida citrus producers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos produced in Florida.

## Effects PRIA read

- Florida Citrus Producers Will Vote: mixed, medium. Florida citrus growers who produced oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, or pummelos for the fresh market during August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026 will vote from October 19 through November 9, 2026 on whether to continue the marketing order that governs how their fruit is handled and marketed. The v…
- Two‑Thirds Threshold Could End Order: mixed, medium. USDA will consider terminating the marketing order if less than two-thirds of the producers voting in the referendum, and less than two-thirds of the citrus volume represented in the referendum, vote in favor of continuance. If that condition is met, USDA will evaluate other information and may end…
- Who Can Vote and Ballot Deadline: cost, low. Only Florida producers who produced oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, or pummelos for the fresh market between August 1, 2025 and July 31, 2026 may vote. Ballots delivered by U.S. mail or electronically must show proof of delivery by no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 9, 2026 to be co…

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## Sources
- [2026-19174 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/18/2026-19174/oranges-grapefruit-tangerines-and-pummelos-grown-in-florida-continuance-referendum)
- [2026-19174 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-18/pdf/2026-19174.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19174 (as of 2026-09-25).