How do farmers ensure they have complied with the farmsaved seed rules?
From autumn 2005, BSPB is significantly increasingly the number of farmers who will receive farm-saved seed declaration forms. Farmers are legally obliged to complete and return this form to BSPB. Farmers who have used 100% certified seed should simply declare this, sign the form and return it to BSPB. They need take no further action. Similarly, farmers who have had all their farm-saved seed processed via a registered seed processor, and have already paid for the use of eligible varieties, should declare this, provide the relevant details, sign the form and return it to BSPB. They need take no further action. Farmers who have used farm-saved seed for which payment has not been made via a registered processor, for example if it has been self-processed or sown straight from the barn as is often the case for crops such as field beans or cereals for on-farm feeding – must declare their use of that seed and make any payment due direct to BSPB. The legal requirement to declare all use of fa
