Arrangements for collecting farm-saved payments on eligible potato varieties were first introduced in 2001.

Unlike the farm-saved seed payment rates for combinable crops which are set each year on a crop by crop basis following negotiation between BSPB and the farming unions, farm-saved seed payment rates are set for each eligible potato variety by the variety owners.

Click here for details of current payment rates by variety.

BSPB has been appointed to collect farm-saved seed payments on the variety owners' behalf.

Under plant health regulations, potatoes can only be sown as farm-saved seed for one generation after certified seed. All growers who have purchased certified seed of potato varieties eligible for farm-saved seed payments will automatically receive a farm-saved seed declaration form to complete and return to BSPB the following year.