Your grocery bill skips a watermelon tax hike after usda pulls the plug
Good news: your watermelon won't cost more. The USDA just ditched a plan to mess with the Watermelon Promotion Board, keeping things status quo for growers, handlers, and importers.
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Agriculture Supply
Key points
- The Agricultural Marketing Service withdrew the Watermelon Research and Promotion Plan realignment action on September 9, 2026.
- The supplied Federal Register record shows no direct change to watermelon prices, labels, restaurant menus, freight costs or trade.
- No lobbying filing, award amount, contract, ownership disclosure or documented beneficiary appears in the supplied record.
- The only concrete milestone in the supplied record is the September 9, 2026 withdrawal; no later deadline is listed.
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