Europe has a large number of seed selection companies. Some of them are of global proportions, while others aim only at national markets.
Major European companies in the field of forage and turf species selection are:
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DLF: selection company with cooperative status, based in Denmark. One of the world’s leading companies.
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Barenbrug: a company with headquarters in the Netherlands, with selection sites available in different European countries.
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Eurograss: a company with headquarters in Lipstadt, Germany.
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R2N: a selection company dependent upon French cooperative RAGT, with headquarters in Rodez (France).
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Jouffray Drillaud: a company dependent on the cooperative group Terrena.