[1] Under the AAA, the Walnut Control Board was authorized to assess crops and declare a percentage as surplus.
Its 1934 assessment designating 30% of the crop as surplus met with local resistance.
[3] In 2009, responding to a request from the Board, the United States Department of Agriculture purchased $30 million of the crop, which was distributed to nutrition assistance programs.
[7] Its activities now include the promotion of walnuts in the US diet, research funding, product grading, and compilation of crop statistics.
[8] An analysis of its domestic marketing program, published in 2002, concluded that its cost-benefit ratio was favorable.