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AHDB Emergency Authorisation Update

The AHDB (Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board) issued an Emergency Authorisation of Plant Protection Products for the Force ST treatment for Leek and Salad Onion seeds, effective as of the 27th and 28th of March 2023. Emergency authorisation for Apron XL treatment of Carrot seeds was also granted, effective 1st April 2023. AHDB Emergency Authorisation […]

Jean Paul Geelhoed

Welcoming Jean-Paul Geelhoed as EU Head of Commercial Horticulture

We are pleased to welcome Jean-Paul Geelhoed as our European Head of Commercial Horticulture. As the European Head of Commercial Horticulture and member of Germains’ European Leadership Team, Jean-Paul will manage the Commercial-, Marketing-, and Customer Service, teams. “Jean-Paul has an extensive background in the seed and agriculture industry, having worked for Apeel Sciences, Bayer, […]

Agnieszka Szkurlat Appointed as Business Director for Europe

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Agnieszka Szkulat as the new Business Director for Europe. In this role, she will lead Germains’ European Business, covering all key European markets and facilities in the UK, the Netherlands, and Spain. Ms. Szkurlat is a passionate advocate for always being open to new opportunities. Having spent […]

The role of seed technologies in sugar beet growing past, present and future

The quest to improve seed quality. The arrival of genetic monogerm seed made planting to a stand a more viable and cost effective alternative to planting multigerm and manual thinning or precision monogerm. However this stimulated the need to ensure each seed station has a healthy plant in it, as any missing plants would have […]

IIRB Congress

Germains to attend 78th IIRB Congress

Germains Seed Technology is preparing to attend the 78th International Institute of Sugar Beet Research Congress (IIRB) which will take place from the 21st – 23rd June at the Wallonia Conference Centre in Mons, Belgium. The congress will be held in collaboration with the Belgian research institute IRBAB and will mark the 90th anniversary of […]

Introducing a New Seed Treatment for Spinach

Germains Seed Technology is pleased to introduce a new seed treatment for Spinach to the European market; Spinach goseed. Developed with zero chemical pesticides, Spinach goseed is a nutrient-rich coating technology combined with bio-stimulants formulated for use on Spinach to help plants better cope with abiotic stress. Spinach goseed focuses on boosting early plant nutrition during the plant emergence and young plant […]

Celebrating Seed Meets Technology

This year, the seventh edition of Seed Meets Technology took place from 28th to 30th September and was held in the buildings of the Research Centre Vertify in Zwaagdijk (The Netherlands). Our European Commercial and Research team hosted the Germains exhibition stand enjoying being back at live events and also celebrating the companies 150th anniversary. […]

Euroseeds Prague 2021

We are excited to be attending live events this Autumn and look forward to meeting visitors at the forthcoming ESA Euroseeds Congress, held in Prague on the 18th, 19th, and 20th October. Visit our Booth no #19 or for appointments at our trading table, please pre book through marketing@germains.com The commercial team looks forward to […]

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Germains Seed Technology Celebrates 150 Years of Innovative Seed Solutions

Before there was Rolls-Royce, Marks & Spencer, or Typhoo Tea, there was Germain’s Fruit and Produce Company—a business that has adapted and persevered to celebrate its milestone 150th anniversary in 2021. Although the company now known as Germains Seed Technology has changed considerably since it was founded by Eugene Germain in 1871, it continues to […]