Potato Growers Join the Climate Change Fight
Farmers, ranchers, and forest owners are on the frontlines of climate change and have an important role to play in developing solutions. That shared understanding led an unprecedented group — represen...
21 Juni 202128min
Fresh Market Outlook from UPGA’s Mark Klompien
This week, the Eye on Potatoes podcast welcomed Mark Klompien, President and CEO of United Potato Growers of America, to provide an outlook for remainder of this current shipping crop and a look head ...
28 Maj 202123min
Good Leaders Never Stop Learning
The Leadership Institute Alumni Summit, July 13-15, will bring together Potato Industry Leadership Institute graduates to network, refresh skills, and learn new techniques to better position themselve...
13 Maj 202116min
Mexico Overturns Ban on Fresh U.S. Potatoes!
After years of delay, on April 28, Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled to overturn a lower court decision that prevented the Mexican federal government from implementing regulations to allow for ...
30 Apr 202114min
D.C. Update: Leadership Summit, Academic Scholarship, and Political Interference in Mexico
National Potato Council COO Mike Wenkel calls in to talk about the upcoming Leadership Institute Alumni Summit, to be held July 13-15, which will virtually bring together graduates of the Potato Indus...
19 Apr 202127min
The Deteriorating U.S.-Mexico Ag Trade Relationship
This week, the National Potato Council and 26 leading food and agriculture associations sent a letter to USDA Secretary Thomas Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai communicating growing...
25 Mars 202140min
Priorities of 2021 President Dominic LaJoie and Review of the Potato D.C. Fly-In
Dominic LaJoie of Van Buren, Maine was elected to serve as National Potato Council's 2021 President and to head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee. Dominic is a fourth-generation potato...
8 Mars 202122min
Reflections on an Unusual Year with Outgoing NPC President Britt Raybould
As U.S. potato grower prepare to gather (virtually) for the 2021 National Potato Council Annual Meeting, Feb. 22-25, we sat down with 2020 NPC President Britt Raybould to discuss some of the ups and d...
16 Feb 202136min
