DSV invests £3.7m in Wardington seed processing facility

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 06:01 · Archive

DSV UK Ltd is investing £3.7 million in new offices, a seed processing unit and a plant breeding station at Wardington.

DSV UK Ltd is investing £3.7 million to expand its plant breeding facility at Wardington in Oxfordshire. The expansion will support the development of new crop varieties for UK agriculture and improve the company's production processes. The construction project includes a detached office building and three agricultural buildings, with the first building handling small seed lots, including cleaning, treatment and analysis, with testing for bread-making quality.

DSV is a global plant breeding and seed company headquartered in Germany, with more than 40 years of operations in the UK. It supplies seed for crops including oilseed rape, grasses, winter wheat, barley, maize, cover crops, lupins and linseed. The Wardington site focuses on plant breeding, developing new varieties of wheat and other crops tailored for UK farmers.

Dr Alexander Doering, managing director at DSV United Kingdom, said the company's job is to produce varieties that can genetically fight diseases and other threats, need fewer chemicals and provide better yields. He noted that consumer trends are changing and the company is developing wheat varieties better suited to pastries or flatbreads as well as traditional loaves. He added that the new station will make wheat breeding more efficient and allow the company to expand operations as its varieties become more successful.

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• DSV invests £3.7m in Wardington seed processing facilityA major investment is under way by DSV UK Ltd to expand a plant breeding facility.Oxfordshire Guardian · 19 Oct, 05:00
• DSV invests £3.7m in Wardington seed processing facilityA major investment is under way by DSV UK Ltd to expand a plant breeding facility.Oxford Mail · 19 Oct, 05:00

In this story: DSV UK Ltd · Wardington · Dr Alexander Doering · Germany

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