Digital grain passport plans edge closer

AHDB agrees to use levy funds to cover the running costs of a passport scheme

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The switch to digital passports for cereals and oilseeds has moved closer after leadership group agrees principles.
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The switch to digital passports for cereals and oilseeds has moved closer after leadership group agrees principles.

Hopes the Digital Passport scheme can move forward have been raised after it was announced stakeholders were now ‘aligned' on the ‘concept' of the scheme. Digital Passport Leadership Group Issuing...

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