(a) The commissioner is hereby authorized to contract with any person or persons to provide for informational services designed to keep producers informed on onion crop production, packaging, storage holdings, marketing and research, promotion, advertising and publicity programs and any other onion industry information determined important to growers, and to expend such monies as may be available and required to obtain and disseminate such information.

(b) To facilitate factual and accurate informational services and to provide a means for budget estimation and adjustment as required in section 203.10 of this program hereinafter specified during each marketing season not later than July 1st, each onion grower shall file with the commissioner each year, on forms prescribed and supplied by him, a declaration of planted acres of onions in production.