DSV United Kingdom

DSV Downham Market

DSV United Kingdom Ltd is relatively new, only being established here in February 2008. However DSV varieties have been sold in the UK for 25 years, through  various agencies. The oilseed rape programme has been very successful over many years, from Libravo (winner of the NIAB challenge cup in 1991) to the current HGCA Recommended List 2011/2012, where  Compass, Flash, Dimension and Hammer are the leading hybrid oilseed varieties as well as the well known conventional variety Lioness. Ability oilseed rape has also become th e UK's favourite variety for spring sowing in 2009. DSV UK Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Saatveredelung AG (DSV), based in Lippstadt Germany. It employs three full time staff. DSV UK is responsible for sales and marketing of varieties to the UK seed trade as well as company administration, advertising and the organisation of the Cereals Event.

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DSV Wardington

The Wardington trial site was taken over by DSV UK in July 2008 after the creation of the DSV UK’s business. Wardington is located between Oxford and Birmingham near Banbury.
   

Site History 

DSV Wardington was established in 2007 when Tim Ball and Graham Urquhart moved toTop Dawkins Barn (Wardington) with existing grass and wheat breeding work. Their previous site was nearby, however the land there was heavy. Wardington has easier soil conditions, with sandy loams, therefore better for trial work.   
 

          The Team                                                            There are five members in the Wardington team John Sweatman is responsible for managing the station and UK rape seed work (total 10ha). Tim Ball is in charge of the full grass breeding programme occupying around 7ha of the site. Graham Urquhart is responsible for early generation wheat breeding on an area amounting to 6ha and. Paul Swain is the technician/ trials assistant. Matthew Kerton was appointed in 2010 as a winter wheat breeder to further develop the company’s portfolio in the UK market.  

     Equipment and Facilities  

The site has a large storage capacity for essential agricultural machinery such as sprayers, drills,and tractors required by a busy breeding station. The site has excellent breeding and testing facilities which include testing fields, a nursery, modern equipment, and poly-tunnels.     
 

Activities carried out on the site
 The team manage 30ha of breeding and trial land. Their work includes running Recommended List and National List trials in winter oilseed rape.
The main work on the site is to develop varieties to the pre national list stage, and there is an extensive network of DSV trials throughout relevant regions of the UK in order to gain a complete picture of variety performance.  
 

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