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The company is owned by 2,800 Danish grass seed growers through DLF AmbA, and employs more than 2000 people in over 20 countries. DLF supplies clover and grass seeds for more than 100 countries for purposes ranging from forage grasses for agriculture to turf grasses for both the professional and private markets.
Frontier Agriculture Ltd is the UK's largest crop production and grain marketing business, jointly owned by Associated British Foods and Cargill plc. Frontier has a market share of 20% of the grain market , trades around 5,000,000 tonnes (5,500,000 tons) of grain per year, and has an annual turnover in excess of £1.5 billion.
Robert [3] and John Garton made a commercial start as R. & J. Garton. [4] They launched their first variety, 'Abundance' oat, in 1892. Generous publicity followed in the press, together with the publication of articles by botanists in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and in the Transactions of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland in 1894 and 1898. [5]
Companies House is the executive agency of the British Government that maintains the register of companies, employs the company registrars and is responsible for incorporating all forms of companies in the United Kingdom. [3] [4] Prior to 1844, no central company register existed and companies could only be incorporated through letters patent ...
D. Landreth Seed Company, established 1784; Fedco Seeds, established in 1978; Ferry-Morse Seed Company, established in 1856; Gurney's Seed and Nursery Company, established in 1866; Harris Seeds, established in 1879 [5] [6] [7] Hudson Valley Seed Company, established in 2009 [8] [9] J.W. Jung Seed Company, established in 1907; McKenzie Seeds ...
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Scotts was founded in 1868 by Orlando M. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S. agricultural industry. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. [5]
Unwins Seeds is a British seed company based in Alconbury Weston, Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire. The Times described Unwins as "a firm that has grown ... to become one of the most familiar features of Britain’s horticultural landscape", [ 1 ] and the BBC called the company "world-famous".