Welcome to SAATEN-UNION!

SAATEN-UNION is a pool of seven medium-sized agricultural plantbreeding enterprises with Europe-wide breeding and distribution activities in cereals, maize, oil and fodder crops. We are specialized in hybrid breeding for wheat, rye and oilseed rape.

SAATEN-UNION has one of the most extensive breeding programmes in Europe with over 20 breeding stations and over 100 trial sites in Germany and abroad working on more than 40 agricultural crops. Currently, the range covers more than 200 registered varieties.

The SAATEN-UNION concept involves concentrating intensively on a few species at each breeding establishment. For rape, maize, peas, sunflower and hybrid and population ryes, cooperation on specific crop varieties – ensures focused and successful breeding work.

The member companies of SAATENUNION are themselves active farmers. They cultivate some 10,000 hectares of arable land and understand what farmers need from their varieties. These close ties with practical agriculture are reflected in varieties with outstanding agronomic characteristics.