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USDA Names Potato Board MemberWASHINGTON - Jan 13/05 - SNS -- The USDA appointed a new public member to serve on the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Potato Promotion Board. Donald E. Zimmerman of Fort Collins, Colo., will serve as the newly appointed public member for a term which began Jan. 1 and ends Dec. 31, 2008. Authorized under the 1971 Potato Research and Promotion Act, the board is composed of producers, importers and a public member appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Producer members are nominated at state and local producer meetings and by mail ballot. Each state is entitled to at least one producer member, and additional members are allotted on the basis of the volume of production. Importer members are nominated by importers, and the number of members is related to the volume of imports up to a maximum of five importer members. The board administers an industry-funded national research and promotion program to increase U.S. exports and domestic potato consumption.
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