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USDA seeking nominees for National Potato Promotion Board
The USDA is seeking nominees to fill 73 producer and importer member seats on the National Potato Promotion Board. The nominating process will conclud... READ MORE »
Acreage report discrepancy aside, Idaho growers expecting good year
Idaho potato growers are expecting a good year, albeit probably a smaller crop. In a report by John O’Connell for the Idaho State Journal, plante... READ MORE »
USDA to buy $22 million of surplus potatoes under trade relief plan
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced further details of the $16 billion package aimed at supporting American agricultural produc... READ MORE »
Cover crop management flexibility for 2020 added by USDA
The 2018 Farm Bill mandated changes to the treatment of cover crops for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs, which add more flexibility to ... READ MORE »
Agriculture research projects announced by USDA in transfer report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released its annual Technology Transfer Report, which highlights innovations from scientists and resear... READ MORE »
USDA accepting comments on pale cyst nematode field deregulation
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has reopened the comment period on the protocols for deregul... READ MORE »
Jared Balcom to rep potato industry on agricultural advisory committee
Jared Balcom has been named the latest potato industry representative to the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC). Balcom, of Pasco, Wash... READ MORE »
Potatoes left in storage numbers up, but so is disappearance
Overall, potatoes in storage in the 13 major potato-producing U.S. states were up 6% from a year ago as of June 1, 2019. Potatoes in storage account f... READ MORE »
Potato representatives among those named to trade advisory committee
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on June 11 announced the appointment of 140 private-sector... READ MORE »
Progress made on overturning USDA limits to potatoes for school breakfast program
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee included a provision in its FY20 bill that prohibits the U.S. Department of Agriculture from excludi... READ MORE »
