Barenbrug Enters Joint Venture with Boreal Plant Breeding

Oosterhout, The Netherlands.

Barenbrug Holding and Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd announce the signing of a cooperative forage grass agreement. Boreal is the largest forage breeding company in Scandinavia. Based out of Jokionen Finland, Boreal has a history of breeding many high quality and very cold tolerant cool season grasses for Scandinavia, Canada, Northern USA and similar geographic areas. They specialize in Orchardgrass, Timothy, Meadow fescue and Red clover. Barenbrug will exclusively test, produce and market new forage grass varieties developed by Boreal. In addition, the breeders of both Barenbrug and Boreal will extensively exchange plant material for use of breeding further improved varieties. Barenbrug USA will be planting many new selections in the upper Midwest and Northeast to evaluate which varieties have the most potential for US farmers. This joint venture is truly unique and currently the only grass breeding cooperation specifically targeting the Northern USA and Canada. As a result, many exciting new forage varieties will become available in the years to come.