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Maryland Farm Front This Week Irish potato price support rules
Maryland PMA official Joseph H Blandford explains eligibility under the 1949 price support program for Irish potatoes. Eligible growers must meet acreages, pay a service fee, and sign an agreement limiting sale rates and restricting low grades. Most potatoes are eligible unless they fail quality standards, come from infected land, are quarantined, fail Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act rules, are slightly skinned, or are shipped in poor condition. Conservation funding remains share-based at 30 to 50 percent, with lower prices squeezing farmer contributions while conservation needs rise amid weaker cash crop prices and surplus storage.
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Joseph H. Blandford
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