Category: Press Releases

Potato LEAF announce Jeewan Pandey, a third-year graduate student Texas A&M University’s Department of Horticultural Sciences, as the recipient of its 2020-21 Academic Scholarship.

The National Potato Council welcomed USDA's announcement that it is issuing revised payment rates for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which previously prevented potato growers from receiving equitable...

The U.S. potato industry urges Congress to provide more resources and flexibility to maintain producers’ livelihoods.

The National Potato Council welcomed USDA’s announcement of a $50 million surplus potato purchase to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Announcement is a down payment on those efforts that will require additional resources and flexibility to deliver the necessary relief for our great potato industry.

The National Potato Council joined 30 agriculture organizations and businesses calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to include agricultural businesses in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program,...

NPC welcomes the CARES Act, which lays the groundwork to improve the odds of a sustainable growing season in the coming weeks and months.

Potato growers to host a press conference with agricultural industry partners and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to call on the U.S. Senate to take up legislation...

Trade agreement includes historic protocol that allows the importation of U.S. fresh chipping potatoes from the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.