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

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 potatoes
• The impact of the Supreme Court's decision on Sackett vs. EPA on EPA's overreaching WOTUS regulations
• The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance's advocacy efforts and recent activity on the Farm Bill
• And 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 Council
• Kam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council

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