German seed processing
| Deutsche Saatveredelung AG
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| legal form | Corporation |
| Seat | Lippstadt , Germany |
| management | Eike Hupe, Clive Krückemeyer |
| Number of employees | 600 |
| sales | EUR 174 million |
| Branch | Agriculture |
| Website | dsv-saaten.de |
The German Saatveredelung AG ( DSV ) is one of the leading German plant breeding company based in Lippstadt . The aim of the company is the breeding, production and sale of seeds and advice. The focus is on grass , rape and grain crops . To this end, the DSV has its own domestic and foreign plant breeding stations and works closely with partner companies. According to the company's own information, DSV varieties were grown on 20% of the German wheat areas in 2011.
Special products
- The winter barley variety Yokohoma, approved in 2008, was the first to be resistant to the yellow mosaic virus type 2 and at the same time to be classified by the Bundessortenamt with a yield rating of 8/8.
- In 2009, the variety Akteur had a market share of 73% in the e-wheat segment. It was cultivated in 2010 on around 4000 hectares of propagation area
- The company sells seed mixtures for direct sowing .
Company size
In 2007 the company had a turnover of 63 million euros and 340 employees. The annual turnover in the 2009/10 financial year was EUR 88.647 million. In 2018, DSV is one of the leading German companies in this segment with 600 employees and EUR 174 million in annual sales in the 2017/18 financial year. The company was founded in 1923. Around 800 shareholders, mainly farmers and employees, now hold the share capital of DSV, with the share being limited to 10% per shareholder. In total, more than 52,000 tons of seeds are sold annually by DSV and its partners.
Participations & Cooperations
In addition to the headquarters in Lippstadt, the company includes various seed breeding stations, a test station, numerous test centers and a comprehensive, regionally distributed branch and advisory network with its own processing plants, seed storage and distribution facilities. More than 820 seed multipliers produce DSV seeds under contract cultivation.
Market shares
The grass business accounts for almost 44% of DSV sales. This includes forage and lawn grasses, which are sold as individual components or mixtures. The DSV market share in the German rapeseed market could be increased to around 12 percent. In the German grain sector, around 15% of the propagation area is owned. DSV is the most successful winter wheat breeder in Germany with 11,100 hectares of breeding area.
Domestic holdings
| company | Field of activity |
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| Rapool-Ring GmbH | Marketing of rapeseed varieties |
| IG Pflanzenzucht GmbH | Marketing of cereals |
| Euro Grass Breeding GmbH & Co. KG | Breeding of forage and lawn grasses and small-grain forage legumes |
| Saaten-Union Biotec GmbH | Service and research for breeding |
| German Seed Alliance | Cooperation in research and international sales |
Foreign holdings
| company | country | Field of activity |
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| Euro Grass BV | Netherlands | Sales and production of forage and lawn grasses as well as small-grain legumes |
| Euro Grass Breeding | France | Breeding of lawn grasses |
| Rega | France | Breeding of lawn grasses |
| DL Seeds | Canada | Breeding, production and distribution of rapeseed varieties |
| AgroBras | Poland | Marketing of rapeseed varieties (participation via RAPOOL) |
| OleoBras sro | Czech Republic | " |
| Superosev sro | Slovakia | " |
| Rapool Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan | " |
| Rapool Bulgaria | Bulgaria | " |
| Rapool-Belarus | Belarus | " |
| Rapool Russia | Russia | " |
Memberships
The DSV is an active member in the professional organizations. So it belongs u. a. the Federal Association of German Plant Breeders eV (BDP), the Association for the Promotion of Private German Plant Breeding eV (GFP), the German Agricultural Society eV (DLG) and the Union for the Promotion of Oil and Protein Plants eV (UFOP).
Internationally, the DSV is also represented in the corresponding organizations of the seed industry, such as the International Seed Federation (ISF) and the European Seed Association (ESA).
The company is a sustaining member of the GKB (Society for Conserving Soil Processing e.V.)
criticism
According to BUND , residues of genetically modified seeds were found in the rapeseed of the DSV as early as 2007. However, the DSV requested a B sample.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ DSV confirms market position ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Agripool.de, December 6, 2016, accessed December 8, 2016)
- ↑ Agripool.de ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ DSv on wheat market share
- ↑ proplanta.de with a report on winter barley Yokohoma
- ↑ DSV brochure, page 6 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wochenblatt.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.nwzonline.de/Region/Kreis/Wesermarsch/Artikel/1449691/1449691.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ebundesanzeiger
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.volksfreund.de/nachrichten/region/bitburg/aktuell/Heute-in-der-Bitburger-Zeitung-Mitglieder-diskutieren-ueber-Saatgut;art752,3075753
- ↑ http://www.lfl.bayern.de/ipz/gruenland/37176/43._aggf_1999_feuerstein_noelkensmeier.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press release DSV ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.proplanta.de/Agrar-Nachrichten/Unternehmen/Deutsche-Saatveredelung-behauptet-Platz-1-bei-Winterweizen_article1321864216.html
- ↑ Measures of the GKB to promote conservation tillage and no-till , p. 13
- ↑ http://www.bund-nrw.de/themen_und_projekte/landwirtschaft_gentechnik/verweise/bund_ sucht_aufklaerung_und_verkaufstopp_unentdeckter_gen_raps_auch_auf_ehemaligen_anbauflaechen /
- ↑ http://www.agrarheute.com/deutsche-saatveredelung- sucht-b-probe-gvo- verdachts ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 12.9 ″ N , 8 ° 21 ′ 30.9 ″ E