Matt Harris
Matt Harris
access broad fighting fights-and-fighting finally government great industry japanese leaders opportunity potato private
What a great opportunity for Washington's potato growers. The industry has been fighting for 25 years for access to the Japanese market, and through this broad partnership of government leaders and private industry, we are finally successful.
against ball defense early guys hesitant knock later middle moving opened second shots
We started moving the ball a lot better later in the first quarter, early in the second quarter. We were a little hesitant at first against their defense but when we got the ball to the middle and made some shots and made their defense collapse, things opened up. We have guys who can really knock shots down if you give them an open look.
await decision floor good higher hopefully industry kept news price
We've kept our price higher than their floor price for dumping duties, which is good news. We will await the (CITT) decision and hopefully we'll have some good news to give back to the industry about their decision.
hopeful solid
We did give a good, solid case, and I'm hopeful that the CITT is going to take all of that information.