Imported seed

[Kevtherev]

Fair claim that.

 

[Kevtherev]

Perfectly fine if purchased from a reputable company.

Please tell us more?

 

[kamloops]

Is it legal to import seed from other EU countries ?

if so is there a process to follow ?

I have a feeling we have had German and French grown OSR seed here in the past but not sure ?

You grow Montana... which is German?

I presume you must purchase through a seed merchant in the same way that you require them when transferring/purchasing seed between farming businesses.

 

[Clive]

You grow Montana... which is German?

I presume you must purchase through a seed merchant in the same way that you require them when transferring/purchasing seed between farming businesses.

Mostly grown from ffs but yes I was fairly sure that a lot of seed is imported

How hard to do that yourself is that though ?

 

[Steevo]

Mostly grown from ffs but yes I was fairly sure that a lot of seed is imported

How hard to do that yourself is that though ?

FSS FFS!

 

[glasshouse]

Is it legal to import seed from other EU countries ?

if so is there a process to follow ?

I have a feeling we have had German and French grown OSR seed here in the past but not sure ?

i have imported seed from germany and nz.
saten union were relatively easy to deal with in germany, nz were very easy, but the rules on nz imports got too tight to bother with it.
simplest way is get it posted.

 

[Kevtherev]

Mostly grown from ffs but yes I was fairly sure that a lot of seed is imported

How hard to do that yourself is that though ?

Lot of seed is imported from North America Canada NZ and parts of Europe.
All by reputable companies.
Did Chris pass the message about what you need to do?

 

[yellow belly]

If seed is kept at lower moisture’s am shur the germ is preserved better

 

[texelburger]

Remember many years ago buying OSR seed and, iirc,it came from France.

 

[Kevtherev]

Jouffray Drillaud are a large french seed company trading with uk seed merchants.

 

[TopBanana]

Fairly sure there is imported seed for many crop types.... vetch is imported from ex-eastern block for mixing in UK cover crop mixes.

Don’t know process.

My Vetch has come from Slovenia.

 

[Still Farming]

Is it legal to import seed from other EU countries ?

if so is there a process to follow ?

I have a feeling we have had German and French grown OSR seed here in the past but not sure ?

EEC rules and Standards on seed label so should'nt be an issue -YET ???

 

[Rihards]

Clive, Can sell you mustard, facelia, vetch, rye, buck wheat, and many else. PM

 

[Clive]

Clive, Can sell you mustard, facelia, vetch, rye, buck wheat, and many else. PM

So can lots of people .... but at what price ?

 

[will l]

So can lots of people .... but at what price ?

The EU standards are not the same as the uk, lower generally, higher levels of impurities, If you want to sow herbicide resistant ryegrass for example go for the cheap stuff, if not stick with merchants with a life time of experience sourcing clean quality seed,

 

[Clive]

The EU standards are not the same as the uk, lower generally, higher levels of impurities, If you want to sow herbicide resistant ryegrass for example go for the cheap stuff, if not stick with merchants with a life time of experience sourcing clean quality seed,

Yet it seems from above posts that a lot of seed supplied is already coming from the EU ?

Sounds like scaremongering to me ! are you per chance a merchant ?

 

[Rihards]

The EU standards are not the same as the uk, lower generally, higher levels of impurities, If you want to sow herbicide resistant ryegrass for example go for the cheap stuff, if not stick with merchants with a life time of experience sourcing clean quality seed,

When we usualy had been bought in pass certified seeds from old europe... It was compared with ours local seed quality standarts ...

 

[will l]

Yet it seems from above posts that a lot of seed supplied is already coming from the EU ?

Sounds like scaremongering to me !

Yet it seems from above posts that a lot of seed supplied is already coming from the EU ?

Sounds like scaremongering to me ! are you per chance a merchant ?

No i am a farmer,nothing to gain by"scaremongering" Years ago i helped build a seed cleaning plant and did quite a bit of seed sampling,of both uk and imported seed,Where i farm now is a major seed producing area for the whole of europe,
so please dont judge me by your standards

 

[Oat]

I thought most OSR was foreign....earlier harvest that way.

Bound to be a huge amount of paperwork to it I would think.

Yes, I think a lot of WOSR seed comes from Germany.
Germany and Poland also tend to use seed from each other

 

[mikep]

Yet it seems from above posts that a lot of seed supplied is already coming from the EU ?

Sounds like scaremongering to me ! are you per chance a merchant ?

He's right regarding the 'Higher Voluntary Standards' for UK seed. It has stricter tolerances the than EU standards regarding admix and other seeds. Some merchants used to have even higher standards but whether these are worth paying for his entirely up to you