OPVC Budget Hearing

The Oregon Processed Vegetable Commission will meet on Friday, April 11, 2025.

This meeting will include the hearing to accept the proposed 2025-26 budget and administrative rule change on assessments.

You can review the proposed budget below.

OPVC Budget 25-26 - 2025-26.pdf

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Proposed 2025 crop assessment rates are as follows:

Beans – $.750 per ton based on the net weight of the beans delivered.

Sweet Corn – $0.350 per ton based on the gross weight of the sweet corn delivered.

Table Beets – $0.000 per ton based on the net weight of the table beets delivered.

Carrots – $0.250 per ton based on the net weight of the carrots delivered.

Broccoli – $2.50 per ton based on the net weight of the broccoli delivered.

Cauliflower – $0.750 per ton based on the net weight of the cauliflower delivered.

Proposed administrative rule change on assessment will now read:

(1) Any first purchaser for all purchases made on or after May 1, 2025, shall deduct and withhold an assessment of 0.5 percent of the net or gross value of the raw product of the following crops;

(a) Beans – price per ton based on the net weight of the beans delivered,

(b) Sweet Corn – price per ton based on the gross weight of the sweet corn delivered,

(c) Table Beets – price per ton based on the net weight of the table beets delivered,

(d) Carrots – price per ton based on the net weight of the carrots delivered,

(e) Broccoli – price per ton based on the net weight of the broccoli delivered, and

(f) Cauliflower – price per ton based on the net weight of the cauliflower delivered.

(2) From the price paid to the producer thereof, after May 1, 2025 for all of the above named vegetables for processing and grown in Oregon.

(3) Purchasers will use an estimated average of the state price, which will be set by the Commission prior to June 1st each year.

To join the meeting, you can attend in person at the Oregon Farm Bureau building, 1320 Capitol St NE #200, Salem, OR, or via Zoom, https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88918207838

Meeting ID: 889 1820 7838

Passcode: 320042

Written comments can also be accepted at opvcresearch@gmail.com until 12:30pm on April 11, 2025.