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Opportunities outweigh challenges for organic vegetables in UK
As the organic sector continues to increase, Elsoms remain focussed on working with Bejo to develop varieties that aid production in the UK market. Organic produce forms an important and increasing segment of agricultural and horticultural production in the UK, highlighting the need to identify the best varieties for organic production. Access to the best […]
Impressive yields from Elsoms’ new barley and wheat varieties
Despite the August weather leaving many farmers with the usual harvest headaches, there have been notable performances from several of Elsoms’ new varieties being grown for the first time. Four new varieties to look out for! Available for the 2021/22 season, we have two new winter barley varieties and two winter wheat varieties, each breed specifically for the UK climate. Our two new […]
Elsoms Seeds receives RoSPA Gold Award for health and safety achievements
Elsoms Seeds is celebrating for the third year running after receiving an internationally recognised award for demonstrating high health and safety standards. Elsoms has received a prestigious RoSPA Gold Health and Safety Award for working hard to ensure its staff, customers, clients, and contractors stay safe. The RoSPA Awards scheme offers organisations a prime opportunity to […]
Strong relationships remain the driving force behind Elsoms’ success
As a company, relationships are at the core of our values. Over the last year, the impact of COVID-19 has thrown curveballs and challenges time and time again with the likes of social distancing, the need to learn a new way of working, and everyone being heavily reliant on the internet to keep us all […]
Ten Reasons to Grow Tennyson
Tennyson is an exciting new, low-risk variety selected by Elsoms’ OSR breeding programme. Already accepted onto the AHDB candidate list, its income potential alone is reason enough to add it to your 2021 OSR programme. With quantitative Phoma resistance, TuYV and a high Verticillium tolerance, Tennyson is a flexible variety suited to a range of drilling […]
International Women’s Day – An insight to plant breeding
This International Women’s Day, we have asked our Plant Breeder, Coretta Kloeppel, a few questions about what led her down a career path in agriculture and what steps she has taken to become a plant breeder. We have many fantastic women who lead the way at Elsoms, helping us work towards helping to feed an […]