#sacapp underway again. Christophe Lacomme on virus incidence in scotland. To be followed by Mathuresh Singh on control in Canada.

EU rejects application to resume British seed potato exports potatonewstoday.com/2021/01/30/eu-…

Our seed growers are making plans for life without access to the EU market. (The Scotsman). This will be a huge loss to the Scottish Seed potato industry.

EU rejects application to resume British seed potato exports… pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/fa… via The Press and Journal

THE NEW PACKED LUNCH 🥔 We have put together a levy payers communications pack that can be used to spread the word and inspire others to rustle up a jacket potato for lunch ❤️ This pack includes videos, graphics, tips and advice. Access pack now: ow.ly/s0TU50DDvw4

What's the first thing your children will be doing when they go back to school in March? For over 400,000 primary school children one of the first things will be planting potatoes! Our #GrowYourOwn Potatoes seed, donated by industry, is waiting for them youtu.be/y_pX-qlnFZU

Hello @potatoes4school. I've shared this before but thought you would like to see it again. Back in 1974, I wrote to my cat about the potatoes I had planted with my Grandad. We still have the postcard.

Lunchtime? JACKET POTATO TIME! The New Packed Lunch! lovepotatoes.co.uk AHDB Potatoes

The AHDB Potatoes ballot closes at midnight on Wednesday. Post TODAY or you can vote online so long as you have the voting code from your ballot paper and your AHDB account number (from an invoice).

Pete Grewar Pipe and smoke come to mind Jon Rooke 😉😂👍

Congratulations Mairi Gougeon! It was brilliant working with you in our old roles, and I really look forward to working with you in your new role!

What do our members think? Do we need R&D for seed production? How do we go about funding it?

There are plenty Independent Research organisations out there to do the work, the big question is how it will be funded?

Should growers fund R&D to find solutions to seed production problems. Bigger Subscriptions to @ConsultingSAC / Scottish Agronomy Ltd? A compulsory levy on ha or seed labels? Or will chemical companies do what's needed?

great article in today's Dundee Courier by @C_NancyNicolson about our fabulous potato collection CMS James Hutton Potato@Hutton James Hutton Institute thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-en…

Field meeting with #organic growers and breeders today. Some interesting #blight resistant varieties to see. A bright future? #sustainable #ipm IPM@Hutton Potato@Hutton

#tomatoblight Do you have tomato blight and are you able to send us a diseased leaf sample for one of our research projects? Postage paid sampling packs available if needed. Thanks!

Jan-Taeke Schuilenga Why doesn’t anyone get arrested when I’m offended? Lizzy Burden Potato House 🥔 Maybe 'need' is too strong. But we have (had) good demand for our seed in EU. Ireland is particularly dependent on our seed, and our varieties and seed are preferred in Spain, Portugal and Sweden.

Jan-Taeke Schuilenga Why doesn’t anyone get arrested when I’m offended? Lizzy Burden Potato House 🥔 Also with reduced availability of insecticides and nematicides, Scotland is the ideal place to grow healthy early generation seed for Europe. We can even grow organic seed with very low levels of virus and EU wants 20% of production from organic.

Meeting PreBasic Growers Ass, Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie MSP SNP discussed the importance of the seed potato industry and PBGA’s vital role underpinning potato production & health. SASA continues to work with producers to maintain the highest quality of seed potatoes.