Seeds
Two additions to forage maize Descriptive Lists
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published its 2022 Forage Maize Descriptive Lists, based on trials work carried out by NIAB. Two new first-choice varieties - Gema from Limagrain UK and KWS Exelon from KWS-UK, join the Lists for Favourable Sites, with...
Cope Seeds to market miscanthus
Independent merchant Cope Seeds and Grain is partnering with miscanthus specialist Terravesta to market the rhizome hybrid Terravesta Athena. The company says this will help support the growing need to decarbonise the UK economy with bio-based solutions and fits into...
Rebrand and new website for the BSPB
The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has launched a new corporate identity and website which it says will better help to promote the importance of plant breeding to UK agriculture. BSPB chief executive Samantha Brooke says the rebrand is a response to a survey...
MPs call for review over “organic” seed use
A group of MPs has asked for an urgent government review into the practice of non-organic seed use by certified organic growers. Julian Sturdy MP, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary group on Science and Technology in Agriculture, has written to Defra secretary...
Harper graduates for Boston Seeds
Lincolnshire-based seed company Boston seeds has appointed Sophie Vear as sales and logistics co-ordinator from this month. She is the second harper Adams University graduate to join the business after Kathryn Pugh became sales and marketing co-ordinator in July 2020....
New seeds venture to promote green spaces
Two seed industry figures have established YourGreen, a new eco-seed and tree company that aims to encourage public and private sector businesses to consider the environmental, emotional and brand benefits of planting wildflower seed mixes, trees and hedgerows on...