The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominees for the National Mango Board. Nominees are needed to fill six member seats with terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2028.
The deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2025, for the following seats:
- District III- two importers
- District IV- one importer
- Three foreign producers
- District III includes Nogales, Arizona; Great Falls, Montana; Pembina, North Dakota; and El Paso, Texas.
District IV includes Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; Columbia-Snake, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington.
The board is made up of 18 industry members including eight importers, seven foreign producers, two domestic producers, and one first handler. More information about the board is available on the AMS National Mango Board webpage and www.mango.org.
Source: National Mango Board and National Watermelon Promotion Board.
National Watermelon Promotion Board
USDA also seeks nominees for the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Nominees are needed to fill eight member seats with terms beginning Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2028.
There are two producer and two handler seats available for both Districts 4 and 5. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 26, 2025.
District 4 consists of Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington, D.C.
District 5 consists of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The board will hold teleconference calls on Feb. 12, 2025, for producers and handlers to select their representatives for the two districts. For more information, contact the National Watermelon Promotion Board's Industry affairs manager Andrea Smith at [email protected] or (407) 657-0261.
The board is made up of 30 industry members including 10 producers, 10 handlers, nine importers, and one public member. More information about the board is available on the AMS National Watermelon Promotion Board webpage and www.watermelon.org.
For more information:
Deanna Bakken (mango board)
USDA
Tel: +1 (970) 652-0923.
[email protected]
https://www.usda.gov/
Harrison Hodges (watermelon board)
USDA
Tel: +1 (443) 571-8456
[email protected]
https://www.usda.gov/