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National Potato Council

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Potato priorities for 2025 clear amid political change

As the calendar flips to 2025, fresh challenges, including a new presidential administration, await American agriculture in general and the potato ind... READ MORE »

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Organization calls for additional specialty crop assistance

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) has expressed its disappointment that specialty crop production is left out of the final year-end econom... READ MORE »

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New initiative to provide $2 billion to specialty crop growers

A new federal program will provide $2 billion to help U.S. specialty crop growers maintain a strong domestic supply and expand market opportunities fo... READ MORE »

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Proposed dietary guidelines draw mixed reaction from potato industry organization

Recommendations from the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) that propose reducing the intake of starchy vegetables have drawn the ire o... READ MORE »

Specialty crop alliance urges farm bill action

The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) urged farm bill action in a response to a letter from the chairs of the Congressional Specialty Crop Cau... READ MORE »

NPC outlines concerns with EPA draft insecticide strategy

The National Potato Council joined 13 state organizations submitting comments to the EPA outlining concerns with the agency’s draft insecticide stra... READ MORE »

Japanese market a focus of Idaho Falls meetings

The annual bilateral meetings between representatives from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and their Japanese counterparts rec... READ MORE »

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USDA forecasts $4 billion drop in ag exports in FY 2025

U.S. agricultural exports are forecast to drop $4 billion in fiscal year 2025 from a revised FY 2024 estimate, according to an August report from the ... READ MORE »

EPA releases final version of herbicide strategy

The EPA has released its final version of a strategy that will guide the agency’s compliance process with the Endangered Species Act through registr... READ MORE »

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Idaho to be stage for next round of US/Japanese discussions

Idaho will be the site of the annual bilateral meeting between U.S. and Japanese agricultural officials, with ongoing efforts to open the Japanese mar... READ MORE »


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