Forage & Turf Seed Buyers

Thank you to the forage and turf seed buyers, processors and assemblers who support SFSDC activities by deducting and remitting the producer levy.

The levy is 0.75% of the value paid to the producer for eligible Saskatchewan-grown forage seed.

The following companies are registered with SFSDC to collect and remit the refundable levy on conventional and organic forage seed, excluding alfalfa seed.

Birch Rose Acres Ltd. Birch Rose Acres Ltd SK
Star City, SK
Contact: Ivan Beuker 306-863-2681
Will purchase forage seed grown under conventional and organic production systems.

Brett-Young Seeds BrettYoung MB  ‍ ‍
Winnipeg, MB
Contact: Kerry Dusik 204-229-3397 or Doug Senko 306-401-0138

DLF Canada (DLF Pickseed Canada) DLF Canada‍ ‍ Nipawin, SK
Contact: Clayton Myhre 306-862-8398

DSV Northstar Ltd. DSV Northstar MB
Neepawa, MB
Contact: Gordie Ross 204-476-5241 Toll-free phone 1-800-430-5955

Imperial Seed Ltd Imperial Seed Ltd MB
Winnipeg, MB
Contact: Kurt Shmon 204-918-7572

Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd Interlake Forage Seeds Ltd MB
Fisher Branch, MB
Contact: Paul Gregory 204-372-6920 Toll free phone 1-800-990-1390 Will purchase forage seed grown under conventional and organic production systems.

 

NorthStar Genetics NorthStar Genetics Canada
Elie, MB
Contact: Aaron Vallier 204-353-2885

Nutrien Ag Solutions ‍Carrot River, SK
Contact: Cody Yelland 306-768-3335 Cellular: 306-401-8778
Will purchase forage seed grown under conventional and organic production systems.

Rempel Seeds Rempel Seeds ‍ Nipawin, SK
Contact: Mark Foster 306-873-7376.

Tebbutt Seeds Nipawin, SK Contact: Gregg Tebbutt 306-862-9730

 

Collaboration

One of the outcomes of the conference was that forage seed organizations in the three provinces are committed to collaboration and “moving forage seed-forward.” Why? Well, to start with, we heard at the Conference, concerns from producers - the forage seed industry is ‘holding its own but not growing,’ and as a rough estimate, the market is proportionately 80% exports 20% domestic. In times of grain sitting in bins waiting for calls to ship to export markets, growing the domestic market is one area of going beyond ‘holding our own’.

 
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