The seed
business aims to tailor variety selection to maximise potential
on each and every farm, field, region and soil. Thus Grainfarmers
Arable offers a very wide range of varieties to suit every specific
situation and market need.
The business
enjoys close working relationships with every major plant breeder
and, through UAP's nationwide Integrated Agronomy trials programme,
is able properly test cereal and oilseed varieties prior to
any national launch.
In addition,
because of Grainfarmers' strong relationships with milling and
other end-user customers, we are able to assess the market potential
of any new variety in the testing pipeline.
Cereal seed
production is centred at our modern, high capacity facility
at Honey Pot Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire constructed in 2004,
whilst Scottish growers needs are serviced by a plant at Alford
near Aberdeen.
All seed
can be traced to the field in which it was grown and to the
stock seed used, thereby ensuring traceability and satisfying
crop assurance scheme demands.
Quality
standards are stricter than both the legal EC and Higher Voluntary
Standards (HVS). As a result, our seed quality is amongst the
highest in the industry with 99.9% varietal purity and no wild
oats.
Grainfarmers
Arable is also a major supplier and processor of grass seed
mixtures for silage or grazing leys, formulated from top quality
seed of UK Recommended List varieties.
A wide range
of different maize varieties are also available, selected from
a range of breeders to suit specific maturity sites.
In addition,
Grainfarmers Arable supplies a wide range of Gamecover and Conservation
crop mixtures; roots and fodder crops varieties and grass seed
mixtures for amenity turf. |