American Pecan Promotion Board Call for Nominees – Three Eastern Grower Seats & Three Importer Seats
The American Pecan Promotion Board alongside the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking board nominations for growers in the Eastern region and importers. Nominees are needed to fill 6 seats for members whose terms will begin October 2025, and end September 2028. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 15th, 2025.
The American Pecan Promotion Board is seeking nominees for the following seats:
- 3 Eastern grower seats
- 3 importer seats
The Eastern Region consists of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, plus any U.S. state with the majority of its land mass in the EST, plus any U.S. territories in the Atlantic Ocean. If you wish to submit a nominee, please use the nomination form HERE and submit to industry@eatpecans.com no later than February 15, 2025.
The board is made up of 17 industry members including ten producers and seven importers. To serve on the board, producers and importers must have produced or imported more than 50,000 pounds of in-shell pecans (25,000 pounds of shelled pecans), on average, for four fiscal periods. Producers who produce pecans in more than one region may seek nomination only in the region in which they produce the majority of their pecans.
More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) American Pecan Promotion Board webpage or on the board’s website at www.eatpecans.com. For nomination information, contact the Board office by email at industry@eatpecans.com or by phone at (817) 985-3034, or USDA Marketing Specialist Matthew Collins at Matthewb.Collins@usda.gov or by phone at (202) 720-8085.