Category: Appropriations & Research

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has officially launched the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) Program, a $2 billion initiative designed to provide targeted support for specialty crop...

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 welcomed Thursday’s action by the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee to pass a Fiscal Year 2025 bill that includes language...

On June 27 at the 2024 Summer Meeting, the NPC Board of Directors adopted the following resolution urging Congressional support for passing a bipartisan Farm Bill before the end...

The NPC Board of Directors also approved a recommendation offered by the Executive Committee encouraging growers to participate in a registrant-led study to determine worker exposure levels of Mancozeb...

USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded funding for 23 research proposals totaling nearly $1.2 million. Proposals address numerous potato diseases, insect pests, and post-harvest disorders of critical concern to...

The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed by voice vote the FY25 Agriculture Appropriations Bill on Tuesday night. While the full report language will be made available closer...

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council released the following statement after the U.S. House Agriculture Committee favorably reported out The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024: “The National...

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...