Establishment and membership.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) There is hereby established a Lamb Promotion, Research and Information Board of 13 members. Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Secretary from nominations submitted in accordance with this subpart. The seats shall be apportioned as follows: (1) (i) Two producers appointed to the Board shall own annually 100 or less head of lambs; (ii) One producer shall own annually between 101 and 500 head of lambs; and (iii) Three producers shall own more than 500 head of lambs annually. (2) (i) At least one of the feeders appointed to the Board shall feed less than 5,000 head of lambs annually. (ii) At least one of the feeders appointed to the Board shall feed 5,000 or more head of lambs annually. (iii) The Secretary shall ensure that the feeders appointed to the Board are not all located in one geographic region as established for producers pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this section. (3) (4) (b) In soliciting nominations for the Board, the Secretary will request those nominating to identify specific categories in which nominees will qualify. (c)

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 1280.201