On March 26, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) led a bipartisan group of 14 Senators in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack […]
Author: Mark Szymanski
The House and Senate last week released the Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill text, providing $26.3 billion in discretionary funding […]
In its latest comments to the committee working on recommendations that will form the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, NPC this week called on the group to consider modeling situations […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday scrapped a plan opposed by farm groups to mandate the tracking of greenhouse gas emissions in company supply chains, all the way down […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Potato Council (NPC) installed its 2024 roster of Executive Committee members this week at the organization’s annual Washington Summit. During the Annual Meeting of the […]
WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council (NPC) today revealed its latest report on the economic impact of the U.S. potato industry. The report assessed the economic contribution of U.S. potato […]
The National Potato Council today submitted feedback to EPA, USDA, and FDA in response to the “Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics,” which was […]
WASHINGTON – On Jan. 10-11, 2,320 U.S. potato growers and industry members from 18 countries turned out for Potato Expo 2024 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, to […]
NPC Calls Spread of PEI Potato Wart to U.S. “A Matter of Time” in Comments to CFIA
NPC submitted public comments to CFIA’s risk management documents, noting the severity of the consequences should potato wart be transmitted to the United States.
NPC submitted public comments to CFIA’s risk management documents, noting the severity of the consequences should potato wart be transmitted to the United States.
The National Potato Council submitted written testimony to the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee – a panel of nutrition and public health experts created to inform the federal government’s next […]
