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Michigan potato growers to benefit from expanded trade
Michigan potato growers are excited about the opportunity additional potato exports could bring to Great Lakes farmers.
Dr. Kelly Turner with the Michigan Potato Industry Commission says there’s now more room domestically for Michigan-grown potatoes following last year’s opened access into Mexico.
“That is fantastic news for us here in Michigan because that means those potatoes grown in the West keep going West, they don’t come East,” she says.
“We’re trying to get the USDA to reopen negotiations with them because the volume to Japan could be equal to that of Mexico, which would be huge for us,” she shares.
This May marks the one-year anniversary of full fresh potato market access in Mexico which surpassed $88 million in exports in 2022.
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