Category: Top Industry Issues

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council (NPC) today welcomed USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement of a new Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops initiative, which, according to a USDA press release, will...

The National Potato Council (NPC) today responded to unscientific recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC), which encourages Americans to eat fewer starchy vegetables, despite data showing that...

The much-anticipated U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting Sept. 17-19 in Idaho Falls on fresh potato access concluded last week with little progress made on the U.S. potato industry’s number one trade...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives from USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are scheduled to host plant health technical bilateral meetings with their Japanese counterparts in Idaho Falls,...

Responding to a July 2024 letter authored by bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack this week emphatically stated that the previous measures USDA has taken...

Today the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released the proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. It is open for comments through Dec....

Bipartisan members of the U.S. Senate this week issued a letter led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Chair Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) urging USDA...

This week EPA released their Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision for Mancozeb, which includes a proposed cancelation of on-farm seed treatment of potatoes with all formulations along with other label changes...

Last week, a $50 million surplus commodity purchase for potatoes was announced by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). This announcement came in response to a request made by...