Mexico Supreme Court decision expands U.S. potato market
Wisconsin State Farmer
United States potato growers are celebrating a major victory following a decision by Mexico’s supreme court allowing for an expansion of U.S. fresh potato imports.
The 5-0 ruling overturned a lower court’s decision from 2017. Right now, Mexico only allows U.S. fresh potatoes into its first 16.165 miles. The expansion could result in up to $200 million in estimated sales per year, in five years.
1.7 billion pounds of potatoes are harvested in Michigan each year, according to Michigan Potatoes, a statewide promotion organization. Michigan produces fresh potatoes which are purchased by consumers for home cooking, and chipping potatoes for snack brands like Better Made Snack Foods and Lays.
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When Anna Richeson was a young girl, her family gardened out of necessity, growing vegetables to feed the household.
Gardening was part chore, part bore for Richeson on her family’s Ohio farm. She remembers all the weeding – filling a 5-gallon bucket and needing the approval of an adult before she could be done.
“They used to stick their foot in it and push it all the way down and you’d have to go back out,” Richeson said. “So I just hated everything about it.”