The UK's seed potato community was out in force at last week’s Potato Europe event in The Netherlands, the industry’s leading international potato event.
According to the country's Potato Council, the Emmeloord event paid dividends for UK potato seed breeders, growers and exporters with over 15,000 trade visitors from nearly 50 countries flocking to Emmeloord.
“The Potato Council stand at Potato Europe provides a highly visible platform for our seed industry and this year’s event has provided an exceptionally high level of international meetings and networking on the stand” said Robert Burns, the Potato Council’s head of seed and export. “Our exporters and related seed science community have all reported a good show this year and we know that the networking from the event will keep them busy for the coming export season and beyond”.
James Thorburn, variety development manager at Greenvale AP, which exports over 10,000 tonnes of Scottish-grown seed around the world each year, praised the event and its impact.
'The timing of the event is ideal for us,' he noted. 'Having our export team on Potato Council’s GB stand enables us to hold multiple meetings over a fast-moving two days and to communicate our understanding of the quality and quantity of our Scottish seed crops to our customers. This export season is expected to be strong for GB, with seed tuber quality looking good.”
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