Gary Roth is the executive director of the Oregon Potato Commission, a potato grower-funded organization that represents the industry in legislative policy and trade development. Roth, though, cautioned that the economic outlook for the potato industry could change. Roth said there is additional risk to Oregon potato exports due to increased competition from Chinese potato growers. Lamb Weston has processing facilities in Hermiston and Boardman and is one of the world’s largest potato processors. However, the spokesperson said the recent tariffs do not affect most of the ingredients the company uses.