Combinable crops

Most farm-saved seed payments for combinable crops are collected by BSPB-registered seed processors as a component of the processing invoice.

However, payments for farm-saved seed which has been self-processed, cleaned by a non-registered processor, or sown straight from the barn, must be made direct to BSPB. This also applies when a farmer chooses to pay BSPB directly and does not pay the FSS payment to the BSPB-registered processor.

Any outstanding payments for the use of eligible varieties will be calculated and invoiced automatically by BSPB.

FSS rules - key points in law:

•••••••Farmers are legally obliged to declare their use of farm-saved seed, and to pay for

•••••••the use of eligible varieties

•••••••FSS must be produced and saved within a farmer's own business

•••••••(i.e. land farmed as the same business)

•••••••Farmers cannot sell, buy, barter or otherwise transfer FSS outside their own holding

•••••••FSS rules apply whether seed has been processed or taken straight from the barn

•••••••Seed from hybrid varieties may not be farm-saved without the breeders’ permission.

Explanatory notes. 

Varieties currently eligible for FSS payment.

Farm-saved seed FAQs