Potato Expo Speakers To Motivate And Enlighten

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.

The summer meeting is open to growers and industry leaders interested in advancing the potato industry’s most pressing policy debates.

Selection is based on academic achievement, leadership ability, potato-related areas of graduate study, and extracurricular activities.

The National Potato Council names a new president as well as members of the Executive Committee.

The National Potato Council says to ask your Congressional representatives to support the potato industry on issues such as voluntary GMO labelding, truck weight reform, and funding for breeding research.

The National Potato Council presents its 2015-16 academic scholarship to a University of Wisconsin doctorate student.

The application and scholarship deadline is Oct. 15, 2015.

Historically, there has often been opposition or fear of new agricultural technologies and today is no different, but it is critical that growers have access to technologies that meet consumer demand while using less land and conserving soil, water, and energy.

The National Potato Council (NPC) is accepting applications for a $10,000 graduate-level scholarship to be applied toward the […]

What is often a no-brainer for someone entrenched in the business of agriculture has to be explained — in detail — to some industry outsiders. Case in point: look at the rollercoaster ride potatoes have been on for several years.

The National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine has released a report recommending that USDA allow fresh, white potatoes to be an eligible vegetable for purchase using the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Cash Value Voucher.

A new president and members of the Executive Committee were announced at NPC’s annual meeting Jan. 9-10.

The scholarship recipient has extensive research experience and is involved with several professional organizations.

The National Potato Council to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s approval of the amendment to allow fresh potatoes into the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).