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Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
Latest Episodes
Instant Update: Farm Bill Advanced by Senate Ag Committee
National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles calls in to react to the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee's vote to favorably to report the Farm Bill. Kam discusses the prospects of the bill and its potential path forward during the Lame Duck ses...
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APHIS Amends Rules on Prince Edward Island Potato Imports
Last Friday, USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service amended federal regulations on Prince Edward Island potato imports to protect domestic crops from potato wart. Maine Potato Board Executive Director Jeannie Tapley and Nat...
D.C. Update: Farm Bill Stalls in Committee
National Potato Council CEO and Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance Co-Chair Kam Quarles joined the podcast to provide an update on the Senate Agriculture Committee’s recent 10-11 vote on the Agriculture Act of 2026 -- also known as the Farm Bill...
Farm and Policy Update with Dean Gibson
This week, host Lane Nordlund sits down with National Potato Council Vice President of Legislative Affairs Dean Gibson and NPC CEO Kam Quarles to analyze pressing issues facing U.S. potato growers as July 2026 comes to a close. The ...
D.C. Update: Congress Sprints to the August Recess
This week, host Lane Nordlund sat down with National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles to talk about the high-stakes policy issues facing potato growers before Congress takes its August recess. Quarles breaks down the ongoing negotiations over spe...