Mid-Year DC Check-In: Japan, WOTUS, Farm Bill and more!

Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes

English - June 13, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MB
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Previous Episode: View from the Top – A Conversation with National Potato Council Presidents

Next Episode: Celebrating 20 Years of the Potato Industry Leadership Institute

With NPC President RJ Andrus and Eye on Potatoes podcast host Lane Nordlund both in town for meetings, we pulled together an in-person(!) discussion on some of the most pressing policy issues facing the U.S. potato industry, including:

Bipartisan efforts to open Japan's market for U.S. fresh potatoesThe impact of the Supreme Court's decision on Sackett vs. EPA on EPA's overreaching WOTUS regulationsThe Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance's advocacy efforts and recent activity on the Farm BillAnd the 2023 NPC Summer Meeting later this month in Lake Tahoe.

Guests:

RJ Andrus, TBR Farms, Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the 2023 President of the National Potato CouncilKam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council

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