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2004 David Bell Ltd (Scotland) is merged with British Seed Houses.
2003 Germinal New Zealand Limited is established to strengthen southern hemisphere operations.
2002 Germinal acquires a shareholding in the New Zealand based grain and seed business Peter Cates Limited.
2000 Major investment in additional seed production and storage facilities for British Seed Houses at Lincoln.
1988 Germinal Holdings Ltd forges agreement with the Welsh Plant Breeding Station (now IGER) to secure world marketing rights for new ryegrass and clover varieties. Amenity grass breeding begins to complete the grass breeding portfolio.
1985 Extensive new premises are acquired to accommodate expansion of Germinal Ireland.
1983 Germinal Ireland Ltd is formed to service the Republic of Ireland.
1977 David Bell Ltd (England) is merged with British Seed Houses
1975 British Seed Houses establishes new unit in Lincolnshire, Eastern England.
1972 Germinal acquires James Coburn & Son Ltd of Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
1969 British Seed Houses is formed following the merger of McCausland and Morton interests in England and Germinal also acquires David Bell Ltd (Scotland and England)
1963 Germinal Holdings Ltd is founded following the merger of Samuel McCausland Ltd and Joseph Morton Ltd of Banbridge, Northern Ireland.
1953 Samuel McCausland Ltd opens for business in Bristol, England, following the decline of Northern Irish seed productioN.
1850-1950 During this period Northern Ireland was the biggest ryegrass seed producer in Europe.
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