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Part 2: Ways we test new sugar beet seed treatments

Following on from the screening and laboratory testing featured in part 1 of this feature. The R&D team now explain ways they test new sugar beet seed treatments in controlled environments and field trials. Ways we test new sugar beet seed treatments Growth rooms When measuring plants, you need to make sure you measure enough […]

Sugarbeet Planters

Part 1: How we develop new sugar beet seed treatments

In this two part feature, our lead scientist Jordan Long takes us through the development stages of new sugar beet seed treatments. Germains Seed Technology develops new seed treatments that are scientifically formulated that aim to optimise emergence, provide early growth under a wide range of conditions. All new seed treatments are backed by field […]

Xbeet® enrich 200 more yield in your field

Over the years Germains has developed unique processes to help manage yield fluctuations caused by pests and diseases, helping growers achieve consistent returns from their sugar beet crops. The company’s trusted Xbeet® seed treatments have now raised the bar in terms of evolving the science in crop emergence, early crop development and plant health with […]

Kerry Buttriss

Introducing Key Account Manager, Kerry Buttriss

Germains Seed Technology is pleased to announce its newest addition to the EU commercial team, Key Account Manager Kerry Buttriss. Reporting directly to European Commercial Manager Richard Nicholls, Kerry will be based at the Kings Lynn, Hansa Road, office. More About Kerry Buttriss For the past 12 years Kerry has worked at The East of England Agricultural Society, which is […]

Cora Heacox joins Germains as Senior Sales Coordinator

Germains Seed Technology is pleased to announce the addition of Cora Heacox to the role of Sr Sales Coordinator for the North America Horticulture Commercial Team. Her professional career in the seed industry spans nearly 35 years with extensive experience working with seed companies, growers and seed dealers selling throughout North America and Mexico. Cora Heacox joins Germains team […]

Seed meets Technology

Seed meets Technology 2019

Seed Meets Technology is an annual event which enables seed professionals and vegetable growers from across the globe to display their newest seed technologies and varieties. This year it was the sixth edition and took place from 24th to 26th September in Zwaagdijk. Germains at Seed meets Technology This year Germains had a large booth […]

50 years

50 years in Aalten

50 years celebration week 2019 is a special year for Germains, as we are celebrating 50 years of our facility in Aalten, the Netherlands. Click here to discover more about Germains’ heitage. Almost 100 years after Germains was founded by Eugene Germains in Los Angeles, California, the Dutch site opened in 1969 to help with […]

2019 BBRO

2019 BBRO Demonstration Days

Germains was proud to attend the 2019 BBRO Demonstration Days in Fotheringhay and Thelveton Estate, Diss on 2nd and 4th July. We are passionate about the UK sugar beet industry and the 2019 BBRO days provide a fantastic opportunity for us to speak with UK growers and discuss the ways in which our products can […]

Celebrate British Farming

Proud to Celebrate British Farming

We are proud to support a host of events that celebrate British farming. Communication is vital in educating both the public and next generation on where their food comes from, how farming supports local communities and exciting technological developments enhancing the industry. Suffolk School Farm and Country Show In April, we attended Suffolk Agricultural Association’s […]

Celebrating 50 years in Aalten, the Netherlands

2019 is a special year for Germains as we are celebrating 50 years of our facility in Aalten, the Netherlands. Almost 100 years after Germains was founded by Eugene Germains in Los Angeles, California, the Dutch site opened in 1969 to help with the increasing demand of Germains products across Europe. Still today, this site […]