Agricultural

The Elsoms Agricultural Division provide UK farmers with an impressive and comprehensive range of arable crops from its own partners plant breeding programmes.

The Elsoms Agricultural Division provides UK farmers with an impressive portfolio of varieties encompassing the arable, forage, energy and catch and cover crop sectors.

The formation of joint ventures such as Elsoms Wheat Ltd and Elsoms Ackermann Barley Ltd, and our close association with Saaten Union and Crites Seeds Inc, has already successfully introduced a range of market leading varieties. Elsoms and partners continue to invest heavily in new breeding techniques to ensure that competitive, commercial varieties are available to UK growers. By working closely with likeminded, independent plant breeding businesses, Elsoms use a range of impressive resources and research stations to remain a significant force in developing new agricultural varieties for the UK market.

As Elsoms reach a milestone 175th anniversary, we will continue delivering the highest quality seed to the next generation of UK farmers across the vegetable and arable sector.

Roger Keeling, Chairman

Raising a glass to Mojito – Elsoms’ newest maize variety

High yielding maize variety, Mojito is the newest addition to Elsoms’ expanding arable portfolio. Joining a range of other trialled and tested varieties including Frodo, Sufaster and Neutrino, Mojito offers farmers the ability to form a complete portfolio of maize varieties from FAO 180-230. To celebrate the launch, we’ve had a chat with our Energy, […]

‘Lion’ marks the arrival of a new King in Spring oats

Elsoms launch a new Spring oat variety, Lion. This follows established varieties such as Delfin, Yukon and Canyon in the UK, alongside market leader Husky in Ireland. Elsoms has built a strong understanding of the UK oat market. Working in partnership with Saaten Union and monitoring the uptake in oats as a health food, Elsoms […]