A new AMS rule quietly touches the tart cherry season in Michigan
AMS set free and restricted percentages for the 2024-25 tart cherry crop. What that means for Michigan fruit, processors, and your shopping.
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Policy Regulation
Key points
- USDA AMS issued a final rule on Aug 27, 2026, setting "free and restricted" percentages for the 2024-2025 tart cherry crop, headline lists Michigan.
- This rule sits at the farm to handler link, meaning it can influence whether fruit goes fresh or to processors, which affects supply channels.
- The regulations.gov summary we saw does not include the actual percentage numbers or which other states are covered.
- No lobbying payments or money are shown in this record summary, so the docket entry lists none disclosed.
- The record gives no next public milestone in the summary; to see the numbers and dates you must read the full AMS docket AMS_FRDOC_0001.
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