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Vilsack makes NPPB appointments
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 30 members to the National Potato Promotion Board (dba the United States Potato Board). Each member will se... READ MORE »
NASS releases 2012 crop production report
Numbers don't lie and the numbers show increases in acreage planted, acreage harvested, yields per acre and production for potatoes in 2012 compared ... READ MORE »
USDA changes release time for statistical reports
Beginning Jan. 1, 2013 the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board will begin issuing several USDA stati... READ MORE »
USDA to purchase fresh and processed potatoes
The USDA has allocated $25 million to purchase approximately 300 million lbs. of fresh potatoes and processed potato products. The purchases will b... READ MORE »
Fall potato production up eight percent
The numbers are in and potato growers planted more and grew more in 2012. The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecast an eigh... READ MORE »
Potatoes with higher carotenoid levels
Scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have developed yellow potatoes with carotenoid levels that are two to three times higher t... READ MORE »
Vilsack statement on expiration of 2008 Farm Bill
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack released the following statement on the expiration of authority for 2008 Farm Bill programs.
Many programs an... READ MORE »
House coalition urge repeal of WIC ban
A bipartisan coalition of 93 members of the House of Representatives called on USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to reverse his department's decision to ban... READ MORE »
CRP general sign-up is under way
The USDA is conducting a four-week Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up March 12 through April 6.CRP has a 25-year legacy of protecting ... READ MORE »
New York & USDA remove 300,000 acres from golden nematode regulations
Darrel J. Aubertine, New York State Department of Agriculture & Marketing commissioner, announced that the department, in conjunction with USDA, ... READ MORE »
