Online Toolbox
Fight Against Blight
The Potato Council has offered a blight incident reporting service to the potato industry for the past 8 years. This information is collected on a voluntary basis by 300 blight scouts drawn from members of the industry who are routinely walking potato fields during the season. The samples that the scouts send in for analysis are also used for the much-publicised work on mating types. Learn more
Planting Returns
Potato returns have never been easier thanks to the new e-planting and e-buyer returns system. Growers and buyers can now update and complete their returns quickly and simply, reducing the need for traditional paper maps and eliminating extra administration time and costs. The e-planting and e-buyer returns system is available online. Learn more
Potato Variety Database
Here you can find up to date information on all British varieties, as well as Breeder and Agent details. You can search for varieties by name or characteristic, print a handbook of variety information, look at indexes of breeders, agents or related organisations, or check out the advantages of British Seed Potatoes and the British Seed Potato Classification Schemes. Learn more
Levy Payer Data Centre
The levy payer data centre offers access to current potato market information in Great Britain on areas, varieties, yields, production and prices and is a stratified sample of 350 growers, 500 weekly price contacts and national planting return data. Learn more
Aphid Monitoring
You can sign up to be alerted to the first Myzus persicae found in a region or regions, and also when the index value in a region exceeds a given threshold (you have a choice of two thresholds). You can select the locations of traps you want to monitor by choosing from upto 8 regions. Learn more
Business Improvement
The Potato Council business-improvement programme helps you compare your potato crop confidentially with similar enterprises. It will also gauge how your production costs and business performance fare against the sector’s upper quartile performance. Learn more
