Vegetable Seed
As the UK’s leading supplier of quality vegetable seed, we have an impressive and competitive portfolio that is trialled and tested in the UK.
Agricultural Seed
Our large portfolio of arable crops offers an extensive choice to UK farmers of competitive varieties of cereals, oilseeds and pulses.
Seed Technology
With over 30 years’ experience treating seed, we are committed to delivering you the highest quality seed possible with our world-class technology and services.
Research and Development
Our expert team create market leading varieties and seed technologies using specialised facilities and equipment.
Elsoms Trees
Our nursery organise the growing and supply of one to three year old plants to the highest environmental standards, and agreed specification. Unlike conventional plant suppliers, we identify, support and encourage the use of local nursery facilities to ensure local accountability and plant health.
Latest News
New seed coating tackles microplastics challenge
Recent years have seen a massive increase in the awareness of the potential environmental issues associated with plastics and micro-plastics (plastic particles of 5mm or less in size) which degrade and break down very slowly over time. As a result, businesses in many sectors are rapidly looking to reduce or replace their use of […]
De-risking OSR establishment with new primed hybrid variety
Growers and agronomists report positive benefits of drilling primed Tennyson Despite 37 years’ industry experience, Agrii agronomist David Vine readily admits that growing oilseed rape successfully year-in, year-out can still be a huge gamble for many growers with significant challenges posed by slugs, pigeons, cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) and, given this year’s weather, the […]
Mayflower sails ahead with impressive yields and high protein levels
New Group 2 milling wheat Mayflower underlined its credentials as one of the top performing winter wheats following a string of positive post-harvest grower reports. According to Tom Reynolds of S. Salbstein Limited, a 200ha farm near Folkestone in Kent, his crop of Mayflower produced a specific weight of 82kg/hl with protein levels of 12.8% […]
Events
Open Days 2022
ELSOMS’ Open Day We are delighted to invite you to our 2022 Open Days at our trial field in Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3JG. As the UK’s leading independent seed company, our Open Days are the UK’s largest independent vegetable variety trials. They provide a great opportunity to see our extensive vegetable portfolio and new variety introductions […]
British Carrot Growers Demo Day 2022
The British Carrot Growers Association Demonstration Day is back for 2022. The 2022 event will be held at a field location near Kinrossie, Scotland and will kindly be hosted by Tompsett Growers and sponsored by AHDB. The event will take place on Thursday 6th October 2022 from 9am to 3pm. Building on the success of […]