Not Fully Baked? Vegetable Status for Potatoes in Jeopardy

Industry event to feature new stages, double the programming from the previous year, and more than 200 trade show exhibitors.

The Far East country holds the promise of delivering $150 million to $200 million annually to the sector.

Learn about work being done on multiple fronts to help protect the tools needed for successful potato production.

Industry association formally opposes new and increased taxes in efforts to keep family farms competitive.

The bill would address long-standing problems and has bipartisan support. But it needs grower support to counter a strong opposition.

A new program designed to build future leaders shows robust support despite market stresses.

Growers and stakeholders lobbied for and won some much needed USDA aid in 2020. What’s next for the sector?

The agreement is 20 years in the making and marks improving conditions in the U.S. / China trade war.

Recent good news on the trade front has U.S. potato growers feeling optimistic, but work still remains on several initiatives the industry would like to see passed in the coming weeks and months.

In the last 10 years, an alliance has used its combined voice to create programs like the Specialty Crop Research Initiative, the Specialty Crop Block Grant program, the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops program, and others.

The farm plants a rotation of potatoes, barley, wheat, and alfalfa to reduce pest pressure and uses IPM techniques throughout the farming operation.

Dwayne Weyers of Aspen Produce in Colorado was chosen as the next president of the National Potato Council.

Slated for Jan. 4-6, the expo includes 46 networking hours for growers.

The National Potato Council’s John Keeling discusses the pros and cons and encourages interested stakeholders to pay attention to the upcoming regulatory process and submit comments when they are sought.

The tour was to educate USDA staff on the challenges potato producers face and highlight the work being done at the farm.

The National Potato Council (NPC) has announced that Justin Clements, a fifth-year doctoral student in the Molecular and […]

Over the past year, a series of actions by EPA have shown an agencywide outlook that does not […]

EPA needs to get back to using solid science and avoid bending to popular opinion.

National Potato Council says report from the International Trade Commission offers the benefits the free trade agreement would offer growers.