Vegetable Seed Priming

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 […]

Fruit Logistica | Berlin 2018

From 7th to 9th February 2018, Germains’ Horticultural Key Account Manager Jolanda Davidse and Commercial Analyst Chiel Reuling attended Fruit Logistica in Berlin, the capital of Germany. More than 80,000 visitors from more than 80 different countries traveled to Berlin to attend the largest international fresh produce trade show in Europe. The 3,100 exhibitors included […]

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SIVAL Trade Show | Supporting the French Seed Industry

The SIVAL brings together everyone who counts from the world of horticulture, viticulture, arboriculture and vegetable growing. It is the leading trade fair for specialty crops in France and the best place where producers (plant raisers, growers etc…) come to find the keys to their future success. Alongside this the show is a huge platform for […]

Seed meets Technology & ESA

Celebrating our success | Seed meets Technology & ESA

This autumn, our European Commercial Team participated in two key events: Seed meets Technology and European Seed Associations (ESA) Annual Meeting. Seed meets Technology, held in the buildings of the research centre Proeftuin Zwaagdijk, The Netherlands, and ESAs Annual Meeting, in Riga, Latvia are essential events for meeting new contacts and promoting Germains products.The purposes […]

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Connect with Us at Seed Meets Technology!

Traditionally the last week of September is the time when seed professionals and vegetable growers from all over Europe flock to the Dutch Seed Valley for their annual update of new and exciting varieties and seed enhancement technologies.  The epicentre of this event is formed by the exhibition and presentations of Seed Meets Technology in Zwaagdijk. Around this, […]

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 […]

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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 […]