Certified seed potatoes are the start of a healthy planting process and are vital in building the early steps of potato production. Seed potatoes are generationally young plants that are disease free or low in disease presence and can be purchased by potato growers and home gardeners. Purchasing high quality seed also guarantees a healthy harvest with high yields as independent certification agencies work with seed potato growers to ensure seed strict tolerances for variety purity and plant diseases.
What is the Purpose of Seed Potato Certification?
The purpose of seed potato certification is to increase grower confidence in potato plantings with high varietal integrity and are relatively free of potato disease. Certification also allows access to markets and promotes trade between states and other countries.
Certification Section Information
Acreage Reports
Certification agencies release seed acreage documents yearly that show what varieties have been grown in each potato growing region based on field visual inspections or laboratory results. Potato growers can utilize this resource to locate varietal seed sources of interest and select the ideal potato planting stock material to meet their needs.
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Seed Certification Agencies
Certification Agencies are independent bodies that inspect and certify seed potatoes on behalf of the seed potato grower community. Certification Agencies all have the same goal of providing a national standard of healthy, disease free varietal pure potato planting stock that meets established tolerances.
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