Legal issues from the Americas

December 18, 2020

La crisis de los paperos continúa en el Oriente Colombiano

Pese a los múltiples esfuerzos que se han realizado hace varios meses en la región, la situación de los paperos en el Oriente colombiano no ha mejorado y temen que la crisis no cese.

December 14, 2020

Huánuco: un sector de agricultores protestó frente a sede del gobierno regional

Le exigían al gobernador regional, Juan Alvarado, destinar un mayor presupuesto para la compra de sus productos.

November 30, 2020

Gobierno Colombiano no autorizó la importación de 65.000 toneladas de papa de Bélgica

La desinformación surgió al sacar de contexto unas proyecciones que hizo Fedepapa en marzo. Le explicamos las raíces de la crisis y los efectos que, según los expertos, se pueden producir si no se toman medidas estructurales.

November 12, 2020

Mexico reinstates labeling exemption for foodservice products, facilitating US exports

The US potato industry was informed that Mexico rescinded its new front of pack labeling regulation, reinstating the exemption for foodservice products, according to a newsletter from the National Potato Council.

El Perú tiene más de tres mil variedades de papa, una riqueza a preservar.

November 02, 2020

Se prolonga la Polémica Moratoria al ingreso de cultivos transgénicos al Perú hasta el 2035

La semana pasada se prolongó la moratoria al ingreso de cultivos transgénicos al Perú hasta el 2035. El tema suscita el debate a favor y en contra desde hace nueve años, cuando se estableció una primera moratoria que vencía el 2021.

October 14, 2020

La Cosecha de Papa en Tucuman, Argentina con Protocolos Sanitarios

El gobernador, Juan Manzur, visitó la localidad Argentina de Los Sarmientos, en Aguilares, donde constató y valoró las normas con que se lleva a cabo la recolección.

April 02, 2020

The National Potato Council Urges SBA to Include Ag Businesses in Disaster Loan Program

The National Potato Council joined 30 agriculture organizations and businesses yesterday calling on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to include agricultural businesses in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

March 13, 2020

Hot potato: the J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods patent fight

J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods have spent the last few years battling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho over issues related to – unsurprisingly – potatoes, with each party asserting a design patent related to a spiraled potato.

December 04, 2019

Japan's Upper House Approves Historic U.S.- Japan Agreement on Agricultural Trade

The National Potato Council cheered the passage of the U.S.- Japan Agreement on Agricultural Trade by Japan’s Upper House.

November 17, 2019

After backing out of an original offer entirely, the Oregon Potato Company now offers to purchase a single NORPAC facility

US Farmer cooperative NORPAC Foods filed a motion in bankruptcy court Friday afternoon to sell its Quincy, Washington, plant for USD 93.5 million to Oregon Potato Company.

October 23, 2019

Boyacá pide proteger a productores nacionales ante posible ingreso de papa congelada de UE

Según el gobernador de Boyacá, Carlos Amaya, ante dicha pretensión del viejo continente de ingresar el producto sin arancel se afectaría directamente a los campesinos boyacenses.

October 23, 2019

Revive disputa comercial entre la UE y Colombia por las papas fritas

Los aranceles a las importaciones de papas fritas congeladas que impuso Colombia a Bélgica, Holanda y Alemania generaron una molestia en la Unión Europea.

NPC: Updating ag trade situations with Japan, Mexico and China

October 22, 2019

National Potato Council updates trade situations with Japan, Mexico and China

President Donald Trump formally signed the U.S.-Japan-Free Trade Agreement on Oct. 6. This agreement locks in tariff benefits with Japan that were previously negotiated under the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement but lost when the U.S. failed to ratify

September 28, 2019

US-Japan trade deal a positive for potato industry, even without inclusion of fresh

Farmers, ranchers and many others involved in U.S. agriculture are welcoming an announcement of a mini-trade deal between the United States and Japan, a long-time, steady customer of U.S. ag products.

September 10, 2019

US potato farmers seek new trade deal with Mexico to 'level the playing field'

Potato farmers are asking U.S. agricultural officials for support in expanding export trade into Mexico. Currently, American potato farmers and exporters are mostly barred from selling fresh potatoes in Mexico due to restrictions by the Mexican government

August 22, 2019

Oregon Potato Company to acquire assets of bankrupt NORPAC Foods

NORPAC Foods, Inc., a grower-owned fruit and vegetable cooperative founded in 1924, announced that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Oregon Potato Company (OPC) under which OPC will acquire substantially all of the Company's assets.

June 28, 2019

Food Policy for Canada: 'Everyone at the Table!'

Government of Canada announces the first-ever Food Policy for Canada.

June 20, 2019

Potato Industry Strongly Supports Immediate Passage of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

The National Potato Council joined with over 950 farm groups and agricultural
organizations in a letter urging Congress to immediately ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada
Agreement (USMCA).

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