Jared Balcom

The National Potato Council has a new president, and he comes from the Pacific Northwest. On Tuesday, Jared Balcom of Pasco, WA, was elected to serve a NPA’s 2022 president and head the grower-led organization’s Executive Committee. The elect ...

Earlier this week, the Mexican Supreme Court overturned a 2017 lower court decision that prevented fresh U.S. potatoes from entering the country. Wednesday’s unanimous ruling, marks the end of a decade-long legal process that began when Mexico’s potato industry sued its government to prevent competition from imports. Since it ...

On Tuesday, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry informed USDA that starting this year, American chipping potatoes will be allowed to enter year-round.  Previously, the import protocol for U.S. chipping potatoes states was from Feb. 1st to Ju...