gb potatoes

Residual levy payer funding to support seven projects

The NFU has launched a Save our Spuds campaign, but the issues facing UK growers are echoed around the world

HSE has asked the UK potato sector to demonstrate compliance with a tMRL to address contamination of untreated potatoes in stores where sprout suppressant CIPC was previously used.

Mr Walker has been confirmed as the chief executive of GB Potatoes on a part-time basis which he will combine with his current role as executive manager of the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers

Recently-formed industry group GB Potatoes is working in partnership with Cambridge University Potato Growers Research Association (CUPGRA) to coordinate a GB potato cyst nematode (PCN) forum.