Your Browsers Needs a Update

Your browsers is abit old. For better online securtiy and a better experince your best keeping it up to date. Click here for the latest versions. Once your've updated reopen the site to enjoy.

STEP 1
Request a Catalogue

You can request a catalogue to be sent to you by post, to be emailed to you for later use, or to be made available for immediate download.

Post
Email
Download
STEP 2

    Post me a catalogue

    You can request a catalogue to be sent to you by post filling out your details in the form below.

    Forage SeedSeedmark

    STEP 2

      Email me a catalogue

      You can request a catalogue to be emailed to you for later use by filling out your details in the form below.

      Forage SeedSeedmark

      STEP 3
      Thank you!

      Your request has been submitted.
      If you have chosen your catalogue to be posted, it will be with you in 2-3 working days or if you have requested your catalogue to be sent by email, it will be sent to you automatically.

      Cart Icon
      ×
      video loader

      Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS)

      IBERS has led and participated in several LINK projects that support collaborative research between industrial and academic partners. These include LIPIGRASS, focusing on the lipid content of grass, and SUREROOT, looking at the rooting of grass and clover varieties for the prevention of flooding and forage production in periods of drought in recent years.

      Germinal has sponsored the near market work on the breeding of grass and clover varieties since 1989 and this successful relationship allows Germinal to hold the worldwide marketing rights for the varieties that are bred at IBERS. The varieties are marketed under the prefix “ABER®”.

      The forage breeding and genetics team has an impressive track record of developing germplasm with novel properties related to quality and persistency. Thanks to a strategic alliance with Germinal, the impact of this progressive scientific research has been translated into commercially successful forage crop varieties that are on the National and Recommended Lists and widely used in livestock agriculture in the UK, Ireland and further afield.

      Importantly, the IBERS animal nutrition team works in close collaboration with the forage plant breeding team, particularly informing and influencing the direction of forage crop breeding, to sustainably increase livestock productivity through the use of home-grown forage and crop resources.

      Leading the way – Aber® High Sugar Grass (HSG)

      Scientists at IBERS were responsible for the development of the Aber® HSG varieties with elevated levels of water-soluble carbohydrates (WSC). These varieties have been demonstrated to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide and methane and increase the production of meat and milk when fed to ruminant livestock.

      IBERS have received a number of prestigious awards for their technological breakthrough including:

      • Queen’s Anniversary Prize in 2009
      • NIAB Cup for Improvement in Quality 2003 and again in 2015
      • Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) Award for Technology and Innovation in 2007
      • The Times Higher Education Award (THE Award) Outstanding Contribution to Innovation and Technology
      • British Grassland Society Innovation Award 2011
      • Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Innovation with Excellence Award

      To learn about the science behind Aber® High Sugar Grass, click here.

      News

      Get details on any events we are attending, upcoming open days and organisations we work with by browsing our articles.

      View all