Today, U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine), U.S. Congressmen Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) and Kurt Schrader (D-Oregon), and 30 of their congressional colleagues issued a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on […]
Author: Mark Szymanski
Potato Growers Select 2022 National Potato Council Leaders
Today during the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2022 Washington Summit, Jared Balcom of Pasco, Wash., was elected to serve as NPC’s 2022 President and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.
Today during the National Potato Council’s (NPC) 2022 Washington Summit, Jared Balcom of Pasco, Wash., was elected to serve as NPC’s 2022 President and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee.
WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council today released the following statement in response to news of the resumption of trade of table stock potatoes from Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada, […]
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Jan. 27, a delegation from Canada, including Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau, met with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington, D.C. to discuss the ongoing […]
NPC was pleased to host the first in-person meeting of the U.S. and international potato industry in two years on January 5-6 in Anaheim, California. Overcoming national airline and pandemic […]
In a positive move this week, the Canadian government through its Agriculture Minister announced the formation of a committee to focus on the steps necessary to restore trade between the […]
WASHINGTON – The following statement was issued today by Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council (NPC): We were pleased to sit down with Premier Dennis King and a […]
In light of the multiple potato wart finds on Canada’s Prince Edward Island (PEI), during a meeting of the Potato Association of America on December 1, 2021, the Canadian Food Inspection […]
WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council (NPC) and grower organizations throughout the United States today welcomed the announcement by Canada’s Acting Chief Plant Health Officer, David Bailey, to prevent the […]
As reported previously, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the suspension of seed potato exports from Prince Edward Island (PEI) to the United States after potato wart was detected […]
