All Barenbrug subsidiaries do have their national production organisation and processing facility. However, a substantial part of the demand in grass, clover and alfalfa seed is produced by third parties. For that, Barenbrug has many longstanding relationships with a large number of experienced seed production partners around the world. Every year they supply Barenbrug with a high quality product. The continuous growth in turnover, especially made possible by new varieties, released by our world-wide breeding organisation, demands an increase in seed production of our varieties.

The advantages of grass seed production for the grower are:

• Healty financial effect
• Positive effect on turnover of next crop in rotation
• Low extra investments
• Improvement in structure of soil
• Usable in the rotation plan
• Possibility to use also for fodder purposes

Different species for seed production are:
 Forage and turf grasses
 Alfalfa
 Red and white clover
 Common vetch
 Other forage crops

Companies interested in starting a cooperation with Barenbrug in the seed production are kindly requested to contact:

Rob Westerhof
Seed production manager

rwesterhof@barenbrug.nl