The National Watermelon Promotion Board has advised the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Revolving Fund that a 4.0-cent assessment per hundredweight will be mandatory on all watermelon producers who grow 10 or more acres of watermelons per year. This assessment was enacted under the Federal Government "Watermelon Research and Promotion Act" of 1986. This mandatory assessment will be deducted from the grower's check on each watermelon load.
2 Miss. Code. R. 1-2-08-114