ASF Members Directory
The membership of the Australian Seed Federation (ASF) is commercial, mature, diverse and includes stakeholders from all sectors of the total seed supply chain. The ASF membership also covers a diversity of geography, climate, crops and cultivars.
For more information on ASF members please visit their websites or contact the ASF Membership Services Officer on 02 6282 6822 or enquiry@asf.asn.au.
Ordinary Members
Ace Ohlsson Pty Ltd
| www.aceohlsson.com.auAce Ohlsson provides horticultural crop protection, vegetable and flower seeds, fertilisers, pest control, plant nutrition advisory services and strategic cropping programs. Their central warehouse is located at Sydney Markets. Sydney's fruit and vegetable markets are contained on a 40 hectare site near Homebush in central Sydney.
Key Services: Horticulture | Retailer | Seed Growing
Advanced Seed
| www.adseed.com.auAdvanced Seed are a privately owned innovative Melbourne based company specialising in the turf and lawn seed market throughout Australia. Operating as a wholesale supplier to the professional turf market including sport stadium’s, council, golf, schools, racetracks and landscape markets and also the retail lawn seed segment through the major hardware and nursery chains. Advanced Seed has developed longstanding supply relations with key suppliers throughout Australia, New Zealand, USA & Europe.
Key Services: Distributor | Turf | Wholesaler
Advanta Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.pacificseeds.com.auAdvanta Seeds are a whole sale seed company distributing through around 1500 retail outlets across Australia. Their activities are centred around Wheat, Sorghum, Canola and Corn. They are involved in breeding, production, distribution and marketing. Advanta Seeds base is in Toowoomba, QLD and they do production from the Ord Irrigation scheme in WA to the MIA in Southern NSW. Their R&D activities are spread across all areas that are applicable to their main crops. Advanta Seeds main processing plant is in Toowoomba with along with their QC and main administration base.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Testing Certification QA | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
AgEtal Pty Ltd
| www.agetal.com.auAgEtal is NATA accredited for seed and grain testing. They provide personal and qualified support and testing of all species (Temperate and Tropical).
Key Services: Seed Testing Certification QA
Agquire Rural Holdings (ARH) Pty Ltd – David Grays Aglink
| www.davidgray.com.auDavid Grays Aglink is the commercial agriculture division of David Gray & Co focused entirely on the service and supply of seed products to the broadacre, pasture and horticultural market segments throughout Western and Northern Australia. David Grays Aglink works closely with leading seed breeding companies, trialing and evaluating new and emerging varieties as well as advising these companies on market best fits for many of their existing and new varieties. Market knowledge gained from their in-field approach working with growers enables them to make recommendations and selections based on their grower needs.
Key Services: Distributor | Retailer
Agrimix Pty Ltd
| www.progardes.com.auAgrimix assists beef producers to improve their pastures in the harsh conditions of northern Australia, through leading-edge pasture science and innovation. Agrimix partnered with James Cook University to commercialise Progardes, a selected blend of Desmanthus pasture legume species with superior genetics and diversity. Agrimix offer valuable technical support and specialist advice to farmers on establishing and managing their pastures.
Key Services: Distributor | Pasture | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Agrocorp Australia
| associatedgrain.com.auAssociated Grain supply industry leading planting seed across a range of crops such as Chickpea, Mungbean, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Faba Bean, Pigeon Pea and a range of summer forages, including Millets. Their seed can be accessed through a network of professional seed agents throughout Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The seed is grown through a system which involves regular crop inspections and approvals by qualified seed production agronomists.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
AustraHort
| www.austrahort.com.auAustraHort Pty Ltd is a front line merchant of Australian native and exotic tree, shrub, palm, grass and legume seed. Seed is stored in atmosphere controlled seed rooms ensuring optimal viability and is sold globally to over 50 countries. AustraHort is known worldwide as a major Australian native and exotic tree, shrub, grass, palm and ornamental seeds supplier. For over 35 years AustraHort has been providing Australian native and exotic seed products and services for: Export, Revegetation (mining & civil construction), Nursery, Domestic use
Key Services: Retailer
Australian Grain & Forage Seeds Pty Ltd (AGF Seeds)
| www.agfseeds.com.auAustralian Grain & Forage Seeds (AGF Seeds) is a seed production and marketing business located in Smeaton, Central Victoria. Their aim is to provide seed and independent knowledgeable advice to resellers and growers throughout South Eastern Australia. AGF Seeds offer quality seed for cropping and pasture farming systems. Their extensive trial program aims to identify the best performing varieties. AGF strive to increase farm profitability by providing quality seed and proper variety selection that fits customers conditions.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Pasture | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Turf | Wholesaler
Australian Grain Technologies Pty Ltd
| www.ausgraintech.comAustralian Grain Technologies (AGT) is Australia's largest plant breeding company, and the market leader in wheat genetics. As a plant breeding research company, AGT get excited by new technology, innovation and scientific breakthroughs. Their talented and dedicated team use new mechanical solutions, robotics, computer science, GPS, tissue culture, and the latest biological and genetic theory on a daily basis. They are excited to see scientific concepts transformed into real solutions that deliver value to Australian grain growers.
Key Services: Plant Breeding
Australian Seed & Grain Pty Ltd
| www.austseedgrain.com.auASG, originally known as Moora Seed Works, was established in 1968 by Mr Les Thompson. Originally from Pingelly Les Thompson did a lot of clover harvesting and believed there was potential in offering the service to other clients, given that we are located in a reliable pasture seeds area. A well-supported and successful business from the onset, it continued to grow and prosper and in 1972 expanded from grading just clover to include grading cereals. Today ASG are involved with the multiplication of many new seed varieties along with processing, marketing of seed & grain for many farmers and associated seed companies.
Key Services: Distributor | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Australian Seed Labs
| www.australianseedlabs.com.au/Australian Seed Labs (ASL) is an accredited ISTA (International Seed Testing Associated) laboratory. Previously trading as Queensland Seed Technology Laboratory, ASL has held its ISTA accreditation since 2002. ASL staff participate in annual ISTA sanctioned proficiency test rounds to ensure all tests are completed in accordance with the ISTA Rules. ASL has a Class 5.2 Approved Arrangement (AA) quarantine facility onsite, allowing for the testing of imported seed. ASL specialises in the testing of herbage, forage, vegetable, flower and native seed species for both national and international certification. The laboratory also undertakes seed technology research for seed companies and individuals by arrangement.
Key Services: Seed Testing Certification QA
Australis Seed Company
| www.whsseeds.comAustralis Seed Company has made its mark operating outside the confines of major seed companies. The company has gone from strength to strength and is set to stamp its footprint even deeper into the vegetable, melon and herb market with exciting innovations ready to be implemented.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Processing | Wholesaler
AusWest Stephen Seeds
| www.ausweststephenseeds.com.auAusWest Stephen Seeds is a pasture and broadacre seed business with operations in based in Forbes and Ballarat. With a dedicated team of staff covering QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS and SA, AusWest Stephen Seeds are the proud wholesale distributor of a large range of products to suit all environments. AusWest Stephen Seeds offer quality logistics, seed treatments and marketing support to back up the in-field service staff, they have been a proud part of agriculture since 1957.
Key Services: Distributor | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Baker Seed Co
| www.bakerseedco.com.auBaker Seed Co is a wholly Australian owned family seed company based in Rutherglen, North East Victoria, Producing and Processing and large range of cereals, oilseeds, pastures, legumes and pulses. Their processing facility has state of the art coating facilities and high capacity packing line. Baker Seed Co pride themselves on meeting customers’ needs by having the right product, in the right place, at the right time.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Pasture | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
Barenbrug Australia
| www.barenbrug.com.auBarenbrug is one of Australia’s leading seed businesses specialising in research and development, marketing, extension and distribution of proprietary pasture and forage seeds, cropping, turf and seed enhancement technology. Key products in their range include temperate and tropical pasture varieties, fodder crops, forage cereals, field crops and turf and amenity grasses.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
BASF Australia Limited
| www.basf.com/auModern agriculture is facing more diverse and complex challenges than ever before. Around the world, farmers are expected to produce enough food for a rapidly growing population and find smarter ways to cultivate the land in balance with nature. BASF help find the right balance for success for farmers, for agriculture and for future generations. In Australia, BASF are proud to work with customers from the following areas: Broadacre & Horticulture Solutions, Pest Control, Canola Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Turf Solutions.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Treatment
Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd
| www.crop.bayer.com.auBayer is an international life science company offering innovative products that serve the health of humans, plants and animals. On and off the farm, they work closely with their customers, business and research partners and the wider community to improve the security of food and fibre supplies and overall quality of life. Bayer supply leading brands backed by expert advice in the areas of seeds and plant biotechnology, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Distributor | Horticulture | Plant Breeding | Seed Processing | Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment
Bejo Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.bejo.com.auBejo is a leading company in breeding, production and sales of vegetable seeds. With operations in more than thirty countries, they are an internationally oriented family business. Bejo have expanded over the years in an organic, ongoing process, shaped by interaction between growers, dealers, supply chain partners and our own employees.
Key Services: Retailer
BVAQ Seed Lab & Certification (Formerly DTS Food Assurance)
| www.dtsfoodassurance.com.auDTS Food Assurance provides Grain and Seed testing, inspection and validation services to the Australian market. Using enhanced and innovative testing methodologies, we offer seed certification to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies, Seedcare, and domestic standards. DTS provides GMO testing, International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) certificates, and field inspection services, as well as phytosanitary clearance and electronic reporting. Customers can gain access to test results at any time. DTS provides merchants and growers with a comprehensive range of independent inspection and testing services for all temperate and tropical crop species.
Key Services: Seed Testing | Seed Testing Certification QA
Callahan Seed Pty Ltd
|Callahan Seed are wholesale seed brokers operating in the domestic market and international trade - export and import.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Distributor | Native Seeds | Pasture | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Tropical | Turf | Wholesaler
Cargill Australia Ltd
| www.cargill.com.auCargill provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, Cargill help people thrive by applying their insights and over 150 years of experience.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Growing
Cleanseeds Pty Ltd
| www.cleanseeds.com.auCleanseeds are located in Bungendore NSW, just 35km from Canberra. They provide services to the farming industry through wholesale and retail seed specialisation. Cleanseeds also supply irrigation and fencing equipment, fertilisers, animal health products and farm chemicals along with free advice.
Key Services: Distributor | Retailer | Seed Treatment
Cloverleigh PLG
|Cloverleigh PLG are a seed grower based in Murroon, Victoria.
Key Services: Seed Growing
Cooyar Grass Seeds Commercial
| www.cooyargrassseeds.com.au/Cooyar Grass Seeds is a solely online grass seed distribution business. Their aim is to provide direct to the consumer quality grass seeds at the best possible price. Cooyar is a small country town located in regional Queensland. It has ancestral significance to the team at Cooyar Grass Seeds. However more importantly it is also one of the locations where some of the seeds sold on their site are grown. Cooyar Grass Seeds strive to offer seeds that have a tried and proven history as well as some exciting new varieties that have been recently developed. You can buy their seeds either as a single variety (pure) or as a blend. Unique to their website is the feature where customers can blend their own mix of seeds.
Key Services: Distributor
Corowa Seeds
| www.corowaseeds.com.auCorowa Seeds are a mid-sized dryland and irrigated broad acre farming business, that produces high quality pasture seed and grains. For more than 30 years Corowa Seeds has a proven track record of successful multiplication of breeders seed in lots of 1-5 kgs through to commercial scale production. With an in house accredited processing facility customers have the advantage of all stages of production and packaging taking place at the one location.
Key Services: Distributor | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd
| www.csd.net.auCotton Seed Distributors (CSD) are Australia's sole supplier of elite cotton varieties. Proudly industry owned, CSD provides the Australian cotton industry with the best seed, germplasm, treatments and biotechnology traits to deliver world leading yield and quality.
Key Services: Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Cropmark Seeds Ltd
| www.cropmark.co.nzCropmark Seeds are in the business of breeding and supplying pasture and forage varieties that offer our customers very real performance advantages, through improving livestock performance, farm systems and bottom line results. Cropmark’s unique varieties are bred with an emphasis on delivering improved yield, greater nutritional values and disease resistance, coupled with the ability to provide more quality forage when most needed.
Key Services: Distributor | Plant Breeding
Cumberland Plain Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.cpseeds.com.auCumberland Plain Seeds are the native grass seed and restoration specialists, producing and supplying seed of native grassland species. CP Seeds provide expert advice on direct-seeding and grassland restoration. CP Seeds also project manage and install grassy plant communities on restoration sites.
Key Services: Seed Growing
DDLS Seed Testing and Certification
| www.agric.wa.gov.au/DDLS-STACDDLS Seed Testing and Certification is a leading provider of seed testing and seed certification services based at the Department of Agriculture and Food WA. Their highly experienced seed analysts and inspectors operate under international and national accreditation's to ensure services are delivered with confidence, reliability and accuracy. Whether its potato, crop or pasture certification, seed testing or sampling, hemp licensing or post entry quarantine, DDLS can assist.
Key Services: Seed Testing Certification QA
Deacon Seeds Company
| www.deaconseeds.comDeacon Seeds are experienced and reliable seed and grain merchants. Buying and selling all mungbean varieties for domestic and international markets. Deacon Seeds are a supplier of all mungbean seed varieties, buyers of all birdseed millets and sunflowers, and suppliers of millet seed for planting seed and cover crops.
Key Services: Seed Processing
DLF Seeds
| www.dlfseeds.com.au/DLF Seeds (formed by combining PGG Wrightson Seeds, Stephen Pasture Seeds (SPS) and AusWest Seeds) is a proprietary seed company operating across Australia. Our activities cover all aspects of the seed market, from R&D through to product supply, distribution and technical on-farm support. The operations cover research and development, plant breeding, seed multiplication, cleaning, seed treatment, mixing, marketing, sales and distribution.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment | Tropical | Turf | Wholesaler
DLF Seeds Ltd
| www.dlfseeds.co.nzDLF is the world’s largest breeder, producer and wholesaler of cool and temperate season ryegrasses and clovers, as well as other products including fodder beet. DLF is based in Denmark and has been in operation since 1906. Its Christchurch-based subsidiary DLF Seeds Ltd manages its Australasian operations. The DLF Seeds breeding station at Yaldhurst and its extensive trial network across Australia and NZ produces highly productive grasses well adapted to local conditions and farming needs.
Key Services: Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Technologies | Turf
Eastern Districts Seed Cleaning Co (EDSCO)
| www.easterndistrictsseedcleaningco.com.au/EDSCO began in 1977 as a small family run Seed Cleaning business in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin Western Australia. They can process Road Trains with the capacity for 60 Tonne or more. They have two sheds in operation, one processes large seed i.e. Wheat, Barley and Oats and the other processes Pasture Seed, Basic Seed, Pedigree Seed, Canola and all small specific varieties. EDSCO are focused on providing Seed Cleaning services with the highest levels of customer satisfaction.
Key Services: Distributor | Pasture | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Enza Zaden (Australia) Pty Ltd
| www.enzazaden.com/ausEnza Zaden is a vegetable seed breeding company with its headquarters in the town of Enkhuizen, North Holland. They specialize in open field and protected cropping species groups with many world renowned market leading varieties. In Australia Enza Zaden breed locally in onions, cauliflower and many other species, and the Australian market is one of their strategic markets.
Key Services: Distributor | Horticulture | Plant Breeding | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Testing Certification QA
Fairbank’s Selected Seeds Co Pty Ltd
| www.fairbanks.com.auFairbank's Selected Seeds Co is a wholesale vegetable seed company that supplies growers throughout Australia. The history of Fairbanks Seeds can be traced back to the early 1920s. More recently in 2013, Fairbanks took on the exclusive distribution of the Syngenta leafy and brassica range. In 2015, Fairbanks was designated as the genetic manager and distributer of the Solana potato range. This new direction has introduced Fairbank’s to the largest vegetable crop in the country and now enables growth into a segment that no other Australian vegetable seed company has ventured.
Key Services: Distributor | Retailer
Frances Seeds
| www.francesseeds.com.auFrances Seeds is a Seed Processing plant, located in the south East of South Australia. Frances seeds have two processing plants that run all year round, specialising in cleaning of small seed and cereal.
Key Services: Seed Processing | Seed Testing Certification QA | Seed Treatment
GO Resources Pty Ltd
| go-resources.com.au/GO Resources is an Australian clean technology business, whose focus is the sustainable production and supply of renewable and biodegradable raw materials for use in industrial and Oleo-chemical markets.
Key Services: Plant Breeding
Gold Coast Agribusiness Pty Ltd
| www.gcagbiz.comGold Coast Agribusiness Pty Ltd is a wholesale seed company who works much like a personal shopper for seed. Their primary focus is the export of seed from Australia, but also source seed from other parts of the world as needed. Gold Coast Agribusiness work primarily with temperate, subtropical and tropical grasses and legumes for forage, hay, reclamation and amenity turf with a special interest in cover crops and green manure crops.
Key Services: Distributor | Native Seeds | Pasture | Tropical | Turf
Graham’s Seeds
| www.grahamseeds.com.auGraham’s Seeds was established in 1966 and is proudly a totally independent, family owned seed retailer servicing Gippsland and the Yarra Valley. Their aim is to supply customers with the very best product 100% of the time. Being independent means, "we deal with all major seed wholesalers & allows us to access the latest products coming into the market."
Key Services: Horticulture | Pasture | Retailer | Turf
HM.Clause Pacific Pty Ltd
| www.hmclause.comHM.CLAUSE Pacific distributes proprietary vegetable seeds to the professional growers in Australia and in New Zealand under the Clause, Harris Moran, Vilmorin and Hazera Brands. HM.CLAUSE is a business unit of Groupe Limagrain, one of the world leaders in vegetable and Field seeds crops.
Key Services: Distributor | Horticulture | Plant Breeding | Retailer
Irwin Hunter & Co
| www.irwinhunter.com.auIrwin Hunter & Co was first established in 1966 as a privately owned and operated company specialising in providing high quality pasture seeds to the WA market. Today they are an independently owned wholesale forage seed company that continues to supply high quality pasture seeds to the Western Australian agriculture regions from Esperance in the south to Derby in the north. Their focus is on providing proven pasture varieties that will increase pasture production across the agriculture and rangelands areas of Western Australia.
Key Services: Industry Allied Services | Pasture | Wholesaler
John Gidley & Co Pty Ltd
| www.johngidley.com.auLocated in Melbourne, Australia, established 1898, John Gidley offer personalized & professional worldwide service in: Seed Brokering (sale and purchase), Contract production and multiplication, Market and marketing advice, Representation of public and PBR/proprietary seeds & grains, Logistics and delivery arrangements. They specialise in: forage and turf seeds, cereal grains and pulses, food industry items, herbs, oilseeds and commodities of any type.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Distributor
Kohenoor International
| www.kohenoorint.comKohenoor International formed in 1957 and is based in South of Pakistan. In January 2018 they opened a local company in Victoria, Australia. Kohenoor International mainly export alfalfa seeds. They produce, process and export a wide range of products throughout Asia, Middle East, Europe, Africa & worldwide. Kohenoor specialise in forage seeds, field crops, vegetable seeds, sprouting seeds, bird seeds, oil seeds, herbs, spices, grains & cereals and other agricultural commodities.
Key Services: Distributor | Exporter Importer
Kongal Seeds
|Kongal Seeds is an Australian family owned business based in the Tatiara District with over 30 years seed cleaning experience. They clean a wide variety of seed and package to client’s requirements. Kongal Seeds motto is “Seed cleaning means clean seeding”. No job is too small or too big, their packing, handling and export expertise is second to none.
Key Services: Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Lefroy Valley
| www.lefroyvalley.comLefroy Valley is a fiercely independent, wholly Australian owned professional vegetable seed distribution company. With roots deep into the Australian vegetable industry, Lefroy Valley places the Australian grower first and strives to introduce varieties that make a difference.
Key Services: Horticulture | Retailer | Wholesaler
Living Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.livingseeds.com.au/Living Seeds is a dedicated seed company that will focus its supply and delivery of Native seed productions as well as Tropical and Sub Tropical seed supply into the Tropical Markets across the Northern Regions of Australia. This through consultancy with various growers, suppliers and seed users across the industry as well as utilising local suppliers, growers and processors to provide high quality seed into the Native and Tropical industry.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Distributor | Native Seeds | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Magnus Kahl Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.magnuskahl.comMagnus Kahl Seeds is a specialist allium breeding company, which focuses on both hybrid and open pollinated breeding techniques. The company places a particular emphasis on breeding onion, shallot and echalion varieties for customers around the world.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
Mara Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.maraseeds.com.auMara Seeds Pty Ltd is a family owed business which has been growing and developing since 1967. Located 50km west of Casino in northern NSW, Mara Seeds produces, processes and markets a range of organic products from beef and oilseeds to grass seeds which are value added for specific markets.
Key Services: Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Melchiorre Seeds
| www.melchiorreseeds.com.au/Melchiorre Seeds has been involved in the successful production, cleaning, packaging and marketing of all kinds of seeds for the past 60 years. From 1983 the Company has also been involved in overseas export. Along with the seed works, Melchiorre Seeds operates a Quality Assured farm which produces much of the grain that is processed and sold by them. Having this combination enables them to have a greater control of growing conditions to prevent contamination and produce a high quality product, something which is being increasingly demanded by overseas and local buyers. Melchiorre Seeds is a family owned and run Company that prides itself on personalized and caring service to its customers.
Key Services: Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Midlands Seed Limited
| www.midlands.co.nzGrowing success from the ground up. Through innovation and a dedication to producing complementary products, Midlands Seed Limited have become a global leader in high value seed production, a leading producer and exporter of high-quality food ingredients, honeys and nutritional oils and a fundamental force in research and development.
Key Services: Distributor | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Mr. Fothergill’s Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.mrfothergills.com.auMr Fothergill’s Seeds & Bulbs offer Australian gardeners the most comprehensive retail packet seed range on the market today, as well as an interesting and exciting range of both Spring and Summer flowering bulbs, a growing range of garden accessories and selected gift lines. They offer an extensive range of flower and vegetable varieties including Australian native Wildflowers. Mr Fothergill's Seeds & Bulbs also offer Propagation products such as Greenhouses, and an extensive range of Jiffy Seed Starting products.
Key Services: Distributor | Horticulture | Wholesaler
Naracoorte Seeds
| www.naracoorteseeds.com.auNaracoorte Seeds was established in 1962 and remains one of the few independent, privately owned Seed Companies operating in Australia. They are the leading stockist and supplier of Public and Private Varieties of pasture seed for use in the S/E of South Australia and Western Victoria. Naracoorte Seeds supervises contract seed production for public and proprietary pasture seed varieties. Their export arm, SA Seed Marketers, has been exporting and importing pasture seed for over 20 years.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Exporter Importer | Pasture | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Testing Certification QA | Seed Treatment | Turf | Wholesaler
Native Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.nativeseeds.com.auNative Seeds are specialized growers and suppliers of Australian native grass seeds since 1988. The grasses they grow have been selected for their superior growing characteristics and their performance and vigour in a variety of situations and applications. All of their native grass seeds have known germination rates due to supplying only the highest quality Australian native grass seed.
Key Services: Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
NPZ Australia Pty Ltd
| www.npz.de/de/npz/Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG (NPZ) is a privately-owned plant breeding company with headquarters in Germany, founded in 1897. NPZ is a successful breeder and seed producer of winter and spring oilseed rape, field beans, peas and fodder plants. Through its subsidiaries, shareholdings in marketing organisations and distribution agreements NPZ has a global commercial presence in almost 40 countries.
Key Services: Plant Breeding
Nuseed Pty Ltd
| www.nuseed.com.auNuseed is an agricultural seed company dedicated to enhancing food and feed value through seeds with greater purpose. Nuseed bring together experience from locations around the world, and apply that expertise to delivering customer solutions on a local level. Nuseed products are marketed in multiple countries, with regional operating units delivering hybrids, traits, production techniques and seed treatments that are tailored to individual climates, soil types and markets.
Key Services: Plant Breeding
Nutrien Ag Solutions
| www.nutrienagsolutions.com.auNutrien Ag Solutions has been part of rural Australia for 150 years. They are a leading agribusiness company, who offer merchandise, fertiliser, farm services, wool, livestock, finance, insurance and real estate. Today, they're Australia’s largest distributor of merchandise and fertiliser, with 2000 employees servicing 100,000 clients in a national network of around 400 locations. Nutrien Ag Solutions vision, "At Nutrien Ag Solutions, we're committed to growing value through a world of innovation, practically applied".
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Horticulture | Pasture | Plant Breeding | Retailer | Seed Treatment | Tropical | Turf
Palafor Partners Pty Ltd
|Palafor Partners is a seeds research and development company that focuses on the development of forage crops such as oats, barley, sorghum and pearl millet primarily for the Australian market.
Key Services: Plant Breeding
Parkridge Ag
| www.parkridgeag.com/Parkridge Ag are a family based company with over 40 years experience in the industry. They pride themselves on producing the highest quality pasture horse hay, specialising in low sugar & diet hay. Also producing medium & high sugar hay for high performance horses. Parkridge Ag produce the highest quality hay for your horse and are currently the only specialist hay growers with the knowledge, understanding and technology to test all their hay - from paddock to horse! Parkridge Ag also produce compressed straw pellets ideal for animal feed & bedding, garden mulch or an alternative energy source.
Key Services: Seed Growing
PB Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.pbseeds.com.auPBSeeds specialises in the field of fine quality seed and grains. Their business is vertically integrated from the production of seed and grain, processing and packaging to marketing seed and grain domestically and internationally. They cater for small to large quantities, from retail packs to containers for export, and their production processes have excellent efficiency and traceability with HACCP quality assurance accredited by SGS. PBSeeds have experience in lentils, pulses and other grains for over 20 years with extensive networks across Australia and overseas.
Key Services: Distributor | Seed Processing
Progressive Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.progressiveseeds.com.auProgressive Seeds - Supplier of Seeds for Lawns and Pastures.
Key Services: Distributor | Plant Breeding | Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Treatment
RH Verner & Co Pty Ltd
|RH Verner & Co are a seed grower, processor and retailer based in South Australia.
Key Services: Retailer | Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Richmond River Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.richmondriverseeds.com.auRichmond River Seeds Pty Ltd is a producer and distributor of quality tropical and sub tropical grass seeds, legumes, lawn grasses as well as winter forages and legumes. Quality seed is assured with vigorous sampling methods, accredited staff and crop inspections, with only the best seed selected. This ensures that their customers only receive seeds of the highest quality. Consistency in their products is ensured by use of precision grading equipment. RRS are located in Kyogle in Northern New South Wales.
Key Services: Distributor | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
RIJK Zwaan Australia Pty Ltd
| www.rijkzwaan.com.auTogether with their partners, Rijk Zwaan want to actively contribute to the world’s food supply and stimulate vegetable consumption by laying the foundations for healthy and appealing vegetables. Rijk Zwaan develops vegetable varieties and sells the seeds produced from them, which places them right at the start of the food chain. In the worldwide market for vegetable seeds, Rijk Zwaan is amongst the top 5 companies and every year invest 30% of their turnover in R&D.
Key Services: Horticulture | Plant Breeding | Retailer | Seed Growing
Royston Petrie Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.roystonpetrieseeds.com.auRoyston Petrie Seeds are wholesale suppliers and growers of horticultural seed. Established in 1976 their knowledge of the industry is paramount in supplying the best quality seed to their customers. Royston Petrie Seeds range covers, herbs, flowers, vegetables plus tree and shrub species. They are an accredited export facility and can promptly and efficiently ship seeds around the world. Their production farms are capable of harvesting bulk herb, flower and vegetable seeds, and they also have an established tree seed farm.
Key Services: Horticulture | Input Supplier | Native Seeds | Retailer | Seed Growing | Wholesaler
S&W Seed Company Australia Pty Ltd
| www.swseedco.comS&W provides expertise in agricultural breeding, production and processing for the alfalfa, sunflower, sorghum species, and stevia industries. S&W’s vision is to be the world’s preferred proprietary seed company which supplies a range of forage, grain and specialty crop products that supports the growing global demand for animal proteins and healthier consumer diets.
Key Services: Distributor | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing
Seed Force Pty Ltd
| www.seedforce.com.auSeed Force are an Australian seed wholesaler, screening and supplying premium cultivars across Australasia. Their business is helping grow farmers’ productivity and profitability – choosing the right seed is just the beginning. Seed Force was established in 2006. Their Australian operations are based in Shepparton, Victoria.
Key Services: Distributor | Seed Growing
Seed Services Australia
| www.pir.sa.gov.au/seedsSeed Services Australia has been providing premier seed testing services for 100 years, and seed certification schemes to Australia’s seed and grain industries for over eight decades. Seed Services Australia is a business unit within Rural Solutions SA - the commercial consultancy and extension division of PIRSA. Seed Services Australia offers the following services to seed growers, companies, processors, resellers, importers/exporters, research institutes, universities and the wider farming community: seed testing, seed certification, SureSeed quality assurance program, crop inspections, test results via Seeds Online, Seed Lot Sampler training.
Key Services: Seed Testing Certification QA
Seed Solutions Australia (SSA) Pty Ltd
|Seed Solutions Australia (SSA) Seed Cleaning, Drying & Grading.
Key Services: Seed Growing | Seed Processing
Seedtech Pty Ltd
| www.seedtech.com.auSeedtech Pty Ltd is an independent company formed in July 2000, based in Young on the Southern Slopes of New South Wales. Seedtech provide the seed industry with a facility which offers high quality processing, enhanced seed treatments, and timely distribution to rural agriculture on Australia’s east coast.
Key Services: Seed Processing
Selected Seeds
| www.selectedseeds.com.auProviding quality forage seed for both domestic and international customers, Selected Seeds is dedicated to remaining at the forefront of research and development and partnering with the best specialists in the world to ensure it offers a product that will help maximise forage productivity.
Key Services: Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment | Tropical | Turf | Wholesaler
Smyth Seeds
| www.smythseeds.com.auSmyth Seeds is an independent family owned, all Australian company. They have a proud history of more than 60 years as independent traders of quality pasture seed. Smyth Seeds supply agricultural retailers in Victoria and Southern NSW and offer expert agronomy advice with the seed products they sell. Smyth Seeds offer customised pasture seed blends, which deliver reasonably priced quality ingredients to suit dairy, sheep and beef, horse or alpaca farms for local conditions. They also have a good range of well priced quality bird and lawn seed blends.
Key Services: Pasture | Turf | Wholesaler
South Coast Native Seeds
|South Coast Native Seeds is a distributor, harvester and producer of native seeds in Australia based in Bungendore NSW.
Key Services: Distributor | Native Seeds | Wholesaler
South Pacific Seeds (SPS) Pty Ltd
| www.southpacificseeds.com.auSouth Pacific Seeds (SPS) is a specialist vegetable seed company with Distribution and Production as its core business activities. SPS is one of the leading commercial seed companies in the Australian domestic market. It sources seeds from some of the world’s leading breeding houses and undertakes ongoing screening trials to assess their suitability for local conditions. SPS is a leading global contract vegetable seed producer growing a broad range of crops in Australia, New Zealand, Chile and USA.
Key Services: Horticulture | Seed Growing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
Sunland Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.sunlandseeds.com.auSunland Seeds is a wholesale vegetable seed company specialising in beans, peas and sweet corn seed. They also offer a wide range of vegetable seeds suitable for the home garden and hobby farming market.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Wholesaler
Synergy Seeds
| www.synergyseeds.com.auSynergy Seeds are an independently owned seed company, supplying high quality seed to customers in Australia and around the world. Based in Adelaide, South Australia, they work closely with their grower base to supply customers with quality products to ensure a sustainable farming future for all.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Wholesaler
Syngenta Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.syngenta.com.auSyngenta offers a range of vegetable seeds that are bred according to latest market needs. Drawing on a wealth of expertise and genetic material to develop the right seeds. You can count on Syngenta for reliability, disease resistance and high yields. At Syngenta they know that choosing the right seed varieties based on specific growing conditions and markets is important. Syngenta focus on quality germplasm so their seeds add value along the entire business chain, through to the retail shelf.
Key Services: Horticulture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Wholesaler
Teague Australia Pty Ltd
| www.teague.com.auTeague Australia Pty Ltd was formed in 1987 and is based in Adelaide, South Australia. They are primarily International Seed and Grain Brokers and over the years have developed extensive contacts throughout the industry both in Australia and overseas, which encompass growers, seed cleaners, agents, marketing boards, exporters, government, research bodies and end-users. Teague Australia also have many years experience with contract negotiations and dispute resolution in international seed sales.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant
Terralogica
| www.terralogica.com.au/Queensland's native seed specialist: Terralogica are passionate about rehabilitation of disturbed land. For over 25 years their seeds have been used to rehabilitate many thousands of hectares impacted by mining, road works and other urban development. Their focus is to deliver cost effective solutions for their clients. Terralogica have diverse seed experience in agriculture, horticulture and forestry practices and are always looking to incorporate technological advances in these fields into their rehabilitation processes.
Key Services: Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
Terranova Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.tnseeds.comTerranova Seeds is a specialist vegetable seed company that specialise in developing and marketing a wide range of species. They have offices in Sydney and Auckland. In addition to having a strong presence in the Australia and New Zealand national markets, Terranova Seeds are active in selling seed across the Pacific Islands and PNG. Terranova Seeds are also expanding sales into new and existing export markets around the world.
Key Services: Wholesaler
Unigrain Pty Ltd
| www.unigrain.com.auUniGrain is a leading privately owned food and agribusiness specialising in the manufacture of oat cereal and pulse based food and food ingredients, animal nutrition products, processing and marketing of seed oats for the domestic and international markets. Operating from mills across VIC and WA, UniGrain have a proud history of producing high quality Australian grown and milled products. They have a staff base of over 120 dedicated employees and have grown and developed significantly over the years.
Key Services: Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
Upper Murray Seeds
| www.uppermurrayseeds.com.auUpper Murray Seeds is an independent family-owned company established in 1993 to create a vertically integrated seed business. They offer customers everything from seed production, multiplication and processing to agronomy advice, mixing and dispatching quality seed. As a growing Australian agribusiness, Upper Murray Seeds have built a reputation on providing quality seed products and solutions needed to boost on-farm productivity and profitability.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Exporter Importer | Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Treatment | Tropical | Turf | Wholesaler
Valley Seeds Pty Ltd
| www.valleyseeds.comValley Seeds is an Australian forage and pasture seed breeding company established in 1972. The company is also one of the largest suppliers of lawn seed in Australia. Valley Seeds specialises in breeding stress tolerant varieties of grasses and forage plants that are suitable for temperate and sub-tropical climates. The company supplies seed to many regions of the world, especially those regions where climate change is causing drought and inconsistent weather conditions.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Turf | Wholesaler
Vicseeds Production Pty Ltd
| www.vicseeds.com.auEstablished in 1990 Vicseeds is owned by the grower shareholders located in Victoria. Vicseeds produces improved forage grass cultivars, in particular perennial and annual ryegrasses, as well as public varieties. Vicseeds co-ordinates the production, marketing and selling of seed. They have a focused research and development program identifying and developing improved forage grass cultivars to benefit the Australian farmer. Vicseeds is a member of the Australian Made & Grown Campaign.
Key Services: Pasture | Seed Growing
Williams Group Australia Pty Ltd
| www.williamsgroupaustralia.com.auWilliams Seed carry stock of agricultural seed for sowing, erosion control and vegetation, birdseeds, lawn seed for domestic and sporting field applications. They have a full range of annual and permanent pasture seeds with tropical and sub tropical grasses and legumes. Williams Seed also carry seed varieties for domestic lawns like Couch and Carpet Grass.
Key Services: Distributor
Yankalilla Seeds Pty Ltd
| yankalillaseeds.com.auYankalilla Seeds was founded by the late Colin Symonds in 1962 and is still a family run business today under the direction of his sons David and Peter Symonds, who took over from their father in the early 2000’s. Colin (or CR as he was affectionately known to family & friends) started the Seed Sales business in the backyard shed of their family home, a farming property in Wattle Flat, Yankalilla, South Australia. Back then, the average sales per annum consisted of approximately 6 tonne of pasture & cereal, with Colin as the only staff member. With the aid of his sons, the business grew to encompass not just the sales of pasture & cereals, but to the manufacture & production of the seed as well.
Key Services: Pasture | Retailer | Seed Processing | Wholesaler
Associate Member
Activate Ag Labs
| www.activateaglabs.comProvider of seed coating materials, services and partnerships.
Key Services: Equipment Manufacturer | Seed Coating Materials
Alexander Colquhoun & Son (Colquhoun’s)
| www.colquhouns.com.auColquhoun’s are leaders in the packaging industry and specialists in bags & sacks. With a nationwide supply network, over 125 years in business and knowledgeable, long term staff they are ideally situated to support those in the seed industry. Colquhoun’s believe in doing what they say they will do, so that their customers can focus on what they do best. This leaves them to focus on what they do best which is to supply quality packaging solutions that are reliable and can be trusted.
Key Services: Packaging
Alvan Blanch Australia
| www.alvanblanchgroup.com/asia-pacific/Alvan Blanch Australia are a family owned and operated business based in South East QLD, the distribution partners for Alvan Blanch dryers and Skandia Elevator AB, themselves both family owned and run. Alvan Blanch provide a concept to commissioning service with a focus on gentle, low temperature drying and handling of seed based products.
Key Services: Equipment Manufacturer | Industry Allied Services | Seed Technologies
Cafcakis Nominees Pty Ltd
|Distributor based in Virginia, SA.
Key Services: Distributor | Exporter Importer
Centor Oceania
| www.centoroceania.comCentor Oceania provide their customers with expert advice on seed coating solutions for filmcoating, encrusting and pelleting. Whatever the problem - including issues with dust, poor appearance, seed analysis and drying, or if needing to improve coating equipment or interested in coating materials, Centor Oceania can provide customers with the technical know-how and products that will improve their business.
Key Services: Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment
Dairy Australia
| www.dairyaustralia.com.auDairy Australia is the national services body for dairy farmers and the industry. Their role is to help farmers adapt to a changing operating environment, and achieve a profitable, sustainable dairy industry.
Key Services: Industry Allied Services
Graintech Engineering Pty Ltd
| www.graintech.comGraintech Engineering Pty Ltd is a wholly owned and operated Australian manufacturing company located in Ballarat, Victoria. Their state of the art laser cutter, QR code press and automated CNC manufacturing equipment ensures what their manufacturing is of the highest quality. Their mission: "We are committed to providing unequaled design, quality and world leading technology solutions to meet the needs of our customers, no matter where located. Our focus is innovation, clever thinking and timely delivery to achieve the very best for our customers."
Key Services: Equipment Manufacturer | Industry Allied Services
H. Polesy & Co Pty Ltd
| www.polesy.com.auH. Polesy & Co Pty Ltd has been in operation for over 60 years, and are leading suppliers of commercial and industrial textile and packaging products to all parts of Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific Region. They stock a comprehensive range of quality commercial and industrial textile and packaging products and have strategically located office and warehouse facilities throughout Australia in order to meet the needs of customers in a timely and efficient manner – currently over 96% of all customer orders are dispatched within 48 hours of receipt.
Key Services: Packaging
Incotec Australia
| www.incotec.comIncotec is a seed enhancement specialist. They have been specialising in seed treatment since 1968 with the aim to improve seed quality. Incotec select, protect and improve, working with seed for field crops and vegetables. Getting the utmost out of seed is what makes them proud and the seed enhancement work they do, contributes significantly to the development of sustainable agriculture.
Key Services: Seed Technologies | Seed Treatment
Independent Associated Seed Graders
| www.facebook.com/seedgradingThe IASG is an association of Independently owned and/or operated mobile and static seed cleaning and processing operations in most states of Australia. Formed in 1965 in Mulwala NSW and Growing nationwide.
Key Services: Seed Processing | Seed Treatment
Kenso Seeds
| www.kenso.com.auKENSO Seeds in cooperation with its international breeding partners is introducing new hybrid vegetable varieties to the Australian horticultural industry. Through extensive selection and field work KENSO Seeds aim to provide varieties ideally suited to local conditions and market requirements. KENSO Seeds is a division of the KENSO group a major integrated agricultural company established in 1974.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Distributor
Mainfreight Air and Ocean
| www.mainfreight.com.auAs a global logistics provider, Mainfreight offers managed warehousing and international and domestic freight forwarding. With team and branches across Australia, China, Europe, New Zealand and the United States Mainfreight continues to expand its global footprint. Listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange they continue to work towards their 100 year vision.
Key Services: Industry Allied Services
New-Edge Microbials
| www.microbials.com.auNew Edge Microbials (NEM) produces cultures for broad-acre seed inoculation in moist peat, freeze-dried vials and liquid formulations. Founded in 2000 by Sandy Montague, an entrepreneurial businessman with a focus on biological solutions, New Edge Microbials Pty Ltd (NEM) has grown to become the leading Australian supplier of live microbial cultures for use in agriculture.
Key Services: Seed Treatment
OPXFLO
| www.opxflo.com/OPXFLO is a proudly Australian business, based in Hawthorn, Victoria. Their founder Emeritus Professor Owen Potter AM was an internationally renowned research chemical engineer, committed to the design, development and improvement of industrial processes to resolve difficult technical challenges and improve the lives of people around the world.
Key Services: Seed Processing
PastureWise Pty Ltd
| www.pasturewise.com.auPastureWise is a pasture R&D provider and consultant, delivering to clients a unique, efficient and effective service underpinned by rigorous science and over 20 years of experience.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant | Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Technologies
Pope Packaging
| www.popes.com.auPope Packaging is a leading Australian supplier of paper, plastic and textile packaging products which are designed to suit a large range of industrial, commercial and retail applications. Their manufacturing and distribution sites are in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth and can deliver anywhere in Australia. Packaging can be custom printed with custom artwork or they can design it for the client. Pope Packaging's in-house quality management systems ensure the premium standard of the product is protected.
Key Services: Packaging
SGA Solutions Pty Ltd
|Seed services consultant based in Victoria.
Key Services: Broker or Consultant
Staphyt Pty Ltd
| www.staphyt.com.auFormerly known as Serve-Ag Research, then Peracto, Staphyt Australasia has been conducting trials since 1976 in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Devonport Tasmania, we provide a range of independent research, development and related technical services to agribusiness clients across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Our specialty services include new product development for agricultural inputs, field residue trials, plant pathology research, laboratory diagnostics, crop variety trials, product registration trials and cooperative research work. Staphyt is a global leader in agronomic research & regulatory advice, operating more than 70 sites in 20 countries in Europe, Africa (Morocco) and South America (Brazil). With direct locations in both hemispheres, Staphyt is able to propose off-season offers enabling an acceleration of customer’s development.
Key Services: Research
UPL Australia Pty Ltd
| www.hannafords.comUPL Australia Pty Ltd is a global agricultural company specialising in the marketing and distribution of crop protection products. The company offers a range of products in Australia and New Zealand, including seed treatments, fungicides, herbicides and insecticides. The extensive seed treatment range includes Rancona Dimension, a unique micro-emulsion formulation fungicide protecting against Crown Rot, Rhizoctonia, Pythium , Smuts and Bunt.
Key Services: Broad acre cropping | Horticulture | Pasture | Seed Treatment | Tropical | Wholesaler
Overseas Members
Cibus
| www.cibus.comCibus are committed to responsibly developing plant traits that are indistinguishable from those that could occur in nature. These desirable characteristics can improve yield, increase weed and disease tolerance, reduce waste and enhance food health and nutrition. Cibus are involved in plant breeding and gene editing in plants and micro-organisms.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Technologies
Grasslanz Technology Limited
| www.grasslanz.comGrasslanz Technology is a plant technology provider, their products are proprietary technologies primarily delivered through seed, their end users are farmers. Grasslanz Technology establish alliances with seed companies to commercialise their products, working with an international network of investors and research organisations to develop innovative new products.
Key Services: Pasture | Plant Breeding | Seed Technologies
Sakata Seed Corporation
| www.sakata.comSakata is a world leader in breeding and producing vegetable and ornamental seed and vegetative cuttings. Sakata breeders around the world work diligently to develop varieties that offer superior performance and set new standards for the industry.
Key Services: Plant Breeding | Seed Growing | Seed Processing | Seed Testing | Seed Treatment | Wholesaler
ASF Life Members
Mr Andrew Henderson
Mr Bob Tidy
Mr Graeme Smith
Mr Jim Stephen
Mr John Fuller
Mr John Smyth
Mr Keith Glasson
Mr Kerrie Gleeson
Mr Max Jongebloed
Mr Peter Smith
*Mr Bill Stephen
*Mr Dennis FitzGerald
*Mr Doug Wood
*Mr Harry Williams
*Mr Jim Hodge
*Mr Keith Blackwood
*Mr Peter Rothwell
*Mr Peter Yates
*Mr Tony Rumsey
*Mr William (Bill) Hunter
*deceased
