Seed Technologies

BBRO Demonstration Days

Dates for the Diary: BBRO Demonstration Days!

Germains will be participating again at this year’s BBRO demonstration days. Come Visit Us at the BBRO Demonstration Days: Tuesday 4th July Bracebridge Heath, Lincolnshire LN5 0AS Thursday 6th July at Morely, Norfolk NR18 9D What is the BBRO? Based at the Norwich Research Park, the BBRO (British Beet Research Organisation) commissions and implements  UK sugar […]

Open Farm Sunday

Come and Join Us This Open Farm Sunday!

Germains will be supporting this year’s LEAF Open Farm Sunday (OFS) on 11th June at St. Lamberts Hall Farm in Spalding. Come and visit our stand to discover how Germains’ seed technologies support plant growth to maximise yields. History of Open Farm Sunday LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) first introduced OFS in 2006 to educate […]

Seed Polymers | polyselect® 500 Sparkle Series

Seed Polymers | polyselect® 500 Sparkle Series

Germains’ polyselect® seed polymers offer a flexible seed treatment that caters to our customer’s specific needs.  Our 145 years of experience in the seed industry has enabled us to develop industry leading seed treatments that are a bespoke solution for customers who wish to treat their seed in house. The key benefits of using the […]

Drilling at Wisbech

New Sugar Beet Seed Treatments Trialed with UK Growers

Germains Seed Technology has been providing sugar beet seed treatments to growers in the United Kingdom since the 1960s. Today, Germains remains committed to developing industry-leading sugar beet technologies, helping growers to achieve a faster and more consistent emergence and ultimately deliver greater yields to support the UK sugar industry. Germains’ innovative R&D department have […]

BBRO Winter Meeting

British Beet Research Organisation | Winter Technical Updates

From the 2nd to the 5th February Germains attended the winter British Beet Research Organisation’s (BBRO) technical updates at each of the four factory areas in Cambridge (Bury St Edmunds), Norwich (Cantley), Peterborough (Wissington) and Lincoln (Newark). British Beet Research Organisation Technical Update The technical updates offered an exciting insight into the latest research in […]

Drilling flier

Drilling for better establishment

Germains is proud to be supporting the upcoming BBRO operator training course ‘drilling for better establishment’, providing a guide to gaining optimum drill performance. BBRO Operating Training Course Agenda There will be two sessions available for all sugar beet drill operators and contractors, which will be held on Thursday 18th at Holmewood Hall, Peterborough and […]

Hans Renia presents at Deutsches Zwiebelforum 2016

Germains presents ‘Seed treatments at a glance’ at the German Onion Conference 2016

On the 18th and 19th January, Germains attended the German Onion Conference in Bonn, Germany, alongside other stakeholders to the Onion Industry. Known as ‘Deutsches Zwiebelforum 2016’ in Germany, the bi-annual gathering was organised by the AMI and Rheinische Landwirtschaftsverlag and attended by approximately 150 delegates from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Denmark. Deutsches […]

Tempo seed priming vs raw seed results

What is Seed Priming?

Providing industry-leading innovative seed technology, Germains Seed Technology uses the latest biological tools and techniques, which provide value-added solutions to maximise the natural potential of seed in the field. Seed priming is one of the key technology categories we offer for a number of vegetable crops and sugar beet. But what exactly is priming and […]