Seeds
Volunteers behind erucic acid contamination of oilseed rape
A NIAB project, funded by the AHDB (PR602), has concluded that higher than expected levels of erucic acid (EA) in oilseed rape seed originated from oilseed rape volunteers. Erucic acid contamination has led to some growers incurring penalties on consignments, or...
read moreRAGT risk share scheme for three osr varieties
Plant breeder RAGT Seeds launched its oilseed rape (OSR) establishment risk-sharing scheme in the same week as KWS-UK’s similar initiative. “Many growers in the UK have been questioning the viability of growing oilseed rape, due to the increased risk of establishing a...
read moreDaltons impress need for science on Gove
Seed processor and merchant Dalton Seeds hosted a visit by the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, secretary of state for Defra, at its base near Peterborough last Friday. Mr Gove was given a seed plant tour by Daltons managing director Peter Fox, and said he was impressed by the...
read moreKWS seed scheme to share OSR establishment risk
Plant breeder KWS-UK, working with 12 independent seed merchants, has launched a new scheme to share some of the grower risk in establishing oilseed rape crops. While oilseed rape is the most profitable autumn break crop, with agronomic and arable workload benefits,...
read moreDavid Neale for Hutchinsons consultancy role
Veteran seed industry executive David Neale is joining Hutchinsons as a specialist consultant to its seed business. He will help identify new opportunities within this rapidly changing sector for the breeding, production, treatment and marketing of seeds. He will also...
read moreDLF secures PGG Wrightson funding
Danish multinational plant breeding business DLF Seeds has raised a €90 million hybrid security fundraising exercise to partly finance its purchase of the PGG Wrightson Seeds announced in August last year. Wrightson is a major player in the southern Hemisphere. When...
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