Category: Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Canadian trade authorities face criticism from U.S. potato producers over strict administrative hurdles that effectively block American participation in the review of a 40-year-old anti-dumping order. Earlier...

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council (NPC) today welcomed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) amending the federal order regulating...

WASHINGTON — The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) today issued the following statement after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry failed to advance the farm bill.   ...

WASHINGTON — The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) issued the following statement after Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Chairman John Boozman scheduled a meeting of the full...

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, the Trump Administration sent a letter to Capitol Hill requesting more funding for specialty crop economic relief as part of a larger “supplemental” spending package. “The...

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council issued the following statement welcoming today’s release of the discussion draft of the Agricultural Act of 2026 (Farm Bill 2.0) by U.S. Senate...

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council (NPC), alongside 13 U.S. state potato organizations, today formally requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture to immediately reinstate a previous ban on fresh...

WASHINGTON – The National Potato Council today welcomed a bipartisan, bicameral letter sent to President Trump by 68 members of Congress, urging the Administration to prioritize opening Japan’s market...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) issued the following statement on the approval of H.R. 7567, the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026,...