Alimi a mbatata akufunsidwa kuti awulule zomwe amakonda pa Mbatata ya AHDB - patsogolo pake itavulazidwa. Kumayambiriro kwa chaka chino, omwe amapereka ndalama adavota ngati akufuna kuti bungwe lofufuza mbatata lomwe limalipira ndalama lipitirire kapena ayi, ndipo yankho lake linali 'ayi'. Zotsatira zake, Atumiki aku UK akuyembekezeka kupanga zisankho mtsogolo mwa Mbatata za AHDB m'miyezi ingapo ikubwerayi, ndipo kupitiriza kwa ndalamazi kumawoneka ngati kosatheka.
Koma kuyambira pomwe izi zidalengezedwa, nkhawa zakambidwa zakuchepa kwa ntchito zina zazikulu zomwe Mbatata za AHDB zimachita. Poyankha, National Farmers Union Scotland ndipo a Scottish Society of Crop Research akhazikitsa kafukufuku kuti azindikire zomwe alimi amaganiza kuti AHDB ikuchita bwino.
NFUS idanenetsa kuti zotsatira za kafukufukuyu sizingagwiritsidwe ntchito 'kuwukitsa' mtundu wina wa AHDB, koma zidziwitse zokambirana ndi boma ndi makampani pazomwe zimachitika AHDB itatha, kuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito zamtengo wapatali zipitilira kuchitidwa kutuluka, ndikuyamba ntchito yodziwitsa omwe akuyenera kuzichita ndi momwe ayenera kulipilira.
Wapampando wa NFUS Potato Group, a Mike Wilson, adati: "Tsopano popeza tili ndi chisankho ndipo alimi avota 'ayi', tikuyenera kuyembekezera zamtsogolo kuteteza, kukonza ndikusintha msika wathu wa mbatata popanda AHDB yokhala ndi gawo pazomwezo. Pali zinthu zingapo zofunika zomwe mafakitale athu amafuna m'malo obvuta nthawi zonse, mbatata za mbewu ndi ware, makamaka zokhudzana ndi thanzi la zomera ndi nthaka, zovomerezeka zamankhwala komanso kutsatsa, "adatero Wilson.