A bipartisan group of lawmakers from Minnesota, North Dakota and other potato growing states sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to press its counter-agency in Mexico to honor the U.S.-Mexico trade deal on fresh potato imports. Mexico continues to delay restoring access. The letter states the cost is estimated to be $150 million to U.S. growers on an annual basis. The lawmakers want USDA to reconsider a statement allowing the implementation of the agreement to be delayed later this year.
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