Hopes for Scottish seed potato exports following EU reset

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Hopes for Scottish seed potato exports following EU reset

Defra said to be listening as NFU heads back to Brussels

Jane Thynne

18 June 2025 鈥� 3 min read

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Defra Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner says he is sympathetic to potato growers' cause

Hopes have been raised that the ban on Scottish seed potatoes being sold into the European Union could be lifted as part of the 鈥楨U reset'. SNP Westminster Rural Affairs spokesperson and MP for Aberdeenshire...

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