Your tart cherry pie is about to get pricier, thanks usda

Key points

• Agricultural Marketing Service set free and restricted handling percentages for the 2024 - 25 regulated tart-cherry crop in a Federal Register notice dated August 27, 2026.
• The action directly affects growers and handlers, then reaches processors before any tart-cherry product reaches grocery shelves or restaurant kitchens.
• The supplied record contains no lobbying disclosure, award, contract, company-specific benefit, ownership information or documented retail-price effect.
• The only concrete dated milestone supplied is the August 27, 2026 publication of the Agriculture Department notice.

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