(a) Inventory reserve ownership. The inventory reserve shall be the sole responsibility of the handlers who place products into the inventory reserve. A handler's equity in the primary inventory reserve may be transferred to another person upon notification to the Board.

(b) Agreements with growers. Individual handlers are encouraged to have written agreements with growers who deliver their cherries to the handler as to how any restricted percentage cherries delivered to the handler will be handled and what share, if any, the grower will have in the eventual sale of any inventory reserve cherries.

(c) Rulemaking authority. The Board, with the approval of the Secretary, may adopt rules and regulations necessary and incidental to the administration of this section.