Poll closes today

This is the last day of voting on the current Fresh Talk poll. As to the question:
Will the USDA's escalating fees for terminal market inspections reduce use of the service?
The results so far are:
5% No (1)
70% Yes (14)
25% Not sure. (5)

So the wisdom of most poll participants appears to be that USDA should not expect a straight 15% increase in revenue from a 15% increase in their inspection fees. The USDA disagrees : From the Aug. 1 final rule, the USDA said: This rule should increase user fee revenue generated under the destination market program by approximately 15 percent each fiscal year.

AMS officials did not call back when I asked for comment about the fee increase last week, so I can't clarify their reasoning.

I will be linking to this page where we will keep all the results from Fresh Talk polls.

I have a thread over at the Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group asking for other poll ideas, and feel free to chime in there.