This simple yet powerful declaration, “Potatoes are a vegetable — period,” underscores the conviction within the agriculture community about the rightful place of potatoes among vegetables. It’s a ...

Fourteen senators are calling on the departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to keep the potato classified as a vegetable, amid reports that a joint advisory committee is ...

Can you believe the meat price increases predicted by USDA Economic Research Service? Fifteen percent for red meat and 11 percent for fish and eggs. Way over the predicted 8 percent inflation rate, ...