Angus seed grower, Andrew Skea, is among the five new board members recently announced by AHDB Potatoes.

He has been selling ware and seed potatoes to customers across Europe for more than a decade from a family farm that specialised in potatoes and veg long before that. SOPA-registered organic, Skea Organics supplies a wide range of new, specialist, and heritage potato varieties.

Mr Skea is chair of the Pre-basic Growers Association and a past president of the British Potato Trade Association. In addition to seed potatoes, the family farm produces organic cattle, sheep, cereals and vegetables.

He said: “Skea Organics has customers across Europe and as such we have a keen interest in how the market develops post-Brexit. AHDB has produced excellent ‘horizon’ reports on how Brexit may affect the industry, and I am looking forward to working with my fellow board members on this subject.”

The other new members are Daniel Metheringham, from North Yorkshire; Jonathan Papworth and Will Shakeshaft, both from Cambridgeshire; and Michael Welham, from Essex. A new chair of the potato board will be announced later this year.