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Category: Letters and comments

Potato, Specialty Crop Industries Tout COVID-19 Employee Safety Protocols

May 08, 2020

NPC and potato organizations from across the country joined a national coalition of specialty crop producers on a letter to Congress highlighting the extraordinary measures agricultural employers are taking...

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Produce Groups Seek Equal Access to Paycheck Protection Program

May 01, 2020

NPC joined 37 agriculture groups this week on a letter to Congress requesting adjustments to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to make it easier for specialty crop growers to...

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NPC Cautions USDA Against Potential Potato Import Surges

May 01, 2020

In a letter sent this week to USDA Undersecretary for Trade Ted McKinney, NPC cautioned that the growing international stocks of fresh and processed potatoes could trigger “irrational surges...

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Specialty Crop Orgs Urge USDA to Provide Relief Under Stimulus Bill

April 30, 2020

On Monday, NPC joined 74 specialty crop organizations on a letter to Secretary Perdue recommending strong relief measures under the Phase 3 Stimulus Bill dedicated to the fruit and...

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NPC Calls for $5B to Offset Foodservice Industry Disruptions

April 06, 2020

NPC, state potato organizations, and other fresh produce associations sent a letter to USDA on April 6 requesting $5 billion in payments to compensate growers and Perishable Agriculture Commodities...

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NPC Urges SBA to Include Ag Businesses in Disaster Loan Program

April 01, 2020

This week, NPC 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, as...

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NPC Urges H-2A Visas be Treated as Emergency

March 17, 2020

As a member of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition’s (AWC) steering committee, NPC signed on to a letter sent on March 18 to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging the...

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NPC, Agriculture Workforce Coalition Urge Senate Action on Agriculture Labor Crisis

January 02, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the new increased Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) going into effect today, the National Potato Council (NPC) as part of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC)...

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