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Podcast: Eye on Potatoes: A Podcast on All Things Potatoes
Episode: The $2.5 Billion Breakthrough: A Deep Dive into Specialty Crop Support
Description: Earlier this summer, Congress and USDA delivered desperately needed funding for specialty crop growers, including our potato farmers, through a $2.5 billion injection of federal support through the Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops (MASC) program and the "One Big Beautiful Bill." Joining us to break down this game-changing news are Kam Quarles, CEO of the National Potato Council and Co-Chair of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, and Dean Gibson, NPC's Vice President of Legislative Affairs and an Idaho potato grower. They'll discuss the origins of this investment, the light-speed delivery of payments, and t...