Guidance

Licensed and official seed testing stations

Updated 22 July 2026

Seedlab 100 Ltd

Milcote Hall Farm
Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 8JG

Station number: 100

SMR number: SMR7953

Telephone: 01789 263100

Fax: 01789 263100

Licensee: G Bristow

Analyst in charge: G Bristow

Licensed to test: AV, BA, BM, CV, FK, FL, FN, FP, HR, HV, IR, MB, MF, OA, PR, RC, RF, RY, SL, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, WC, WH, WM

Elsoms Seeds Ltd

Pinchbeck Road
Spalding
Lincolnshire
PE11 1QG

Station number: 4

SMR number: SMR8012

Telephone: 01775 715000

Licensee: R Cook

Analyst in charge: C Weeding

Licensed to test: BA, BM, FK, FP, FR, OA, RY, SR, SW, TP, TU, WH, WM

J E & V M Dalton Ltd

Dalmark House
Eye
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE6 0AR

Station number: 30

SMR number: SMR8042

Telephone: 01733 222391

Fax: 01733 223246

Licensee: A J Dalton

Analyst in charge: H Cook

Licensed to test: BA, BL, FL, FN, FP, OA, RY, SN, SR, TP, WH, WL, YL

W A Church (Bures) Ltd

High Street
Bures
Suffolk
CO8 5JQ

Station number: 23

SMR number: SMR8041

Telephone: 01787 227654

Fax: 01787 228325

Licensee: R B Church

Analysts in charge: J Simpson, C Baylie

Licensed to test: AC, AV, BL, BM, CV, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, LU, RC, SR, SW, TP, TR, WC, WM

Bartholomews Agri-Food Ltd

Chichester Food Park
Bognor Road
Merston
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 1BF

Station number: 102

SMR number: SMR8037

Telephone: 01243 755729

Fax: 01243 775747

Licensee: J Buchan

Analyst in charge: J Buchan

Licensed to test: BA, FN, FP, OA, RY, WH

Frontier Agriculture Ltd

Georgetown Road
Sandy
Bedfordshire
SG19 2UB

Station number: 43

SMR number: SMR7923

Tel: 01767 680351

Licensee: C Whitmarsh

Analyst-in-Charge: H Worboys

Licensed to test: BA, FL, FN, FP, OA, RY, SR, TP, WH

Granta Processors Ltd

4-6 Station Road
St Neots
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE19 1QF

Station number: 69

SMR number: SMR8031

Telephone: 01223 499472

Licensee: G Marsh (Geoffrey)

Analyst in charge: G Marsh (Geoffrey)

Licensed to test: BA, CV, DU, FN, FP, OA, RY, SA, TR, WH, WM

Simpsons Malt Ltd

Ordfield House
Tweedside Trading Estate
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 2UZ

Station number: 98

SMR number: SMR8038

Telephone: 01289 333385

Fax: 01289 333390

Licensee: L Beatley

Analyst in charge: I Martin

Licensed to test: BA, OA, WH

Limagrain UK Ltd

Holton Business Park
Nickerson Way
Holton Le Clay
Grimsby
Lincolnshire
DN36 5HS

Station number: 12

SMR number: SMR8026

Telephone: 01472 371471

Fax: 01472 828302

Licensee: S Costa

Analysts in charge: M Jones, J Mussell

Licensed to test: BA, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HR, IR, MF, OA, PR, RY, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, TU, WH, WM

Agrii

Seeds Division Moreton Mill
Moreton
Ongar
Essex
CM5 0DP

Station number: 55

SMR number: SMR7977

Telephone: 01277 898217

Licensed to test: BA, DU, FK, FL, FN, FP, HR, IR, MF, OA, PR, RY, SR, SW, TF, TP, WH

GrainCo

Cock Lane
Piercebridge
Durham
DL2 3TJ

Station number: 94

SMR number: SMR8039

Telephone: 01325 728905

Fax: 01325 504660

Licensee: P Collins

Analyst in charge: J Greenwood

Licensed to test: BA, OA, RY, WH

Frontier Agriculture Ltd Driffield

Beverley Road
Cranswick
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 9PF

Station number: 64

SMR number: SMR8045

Telephone: 01377 275596

Fax: 01377 275597

Licensee: S Brooke

Analyst in charge: D A Robson

Licensed to test: BA, FN, FP, OA, RY, WH

Frontier Agriculture Ltd

Sandy Lane
Diss
Norfolk
IP22 4HY

Station number: 99

SMR number: SMR8035

Tel: 01379 642936

Fax: 01379 650103

Licensee: S Bailey

Analyst-in-Charge: S Bailey,  T Phillips

Licensed to test: BA, FL, FN, FP, OA, RY, SR, TL, TP, WH

Agrii

Sleaford Road
Bracebridge Heath
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN4 2NW

Station number: 42

SMR number: SMR7979

Telephone: 01522 513351

Licensee: A Shears

Analysts in charge: K Woodman, C Thorpe, A Barnes

Licensed to test: BA, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HR, IR, LF, MF, OA, PR, RF, RY, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, TU, WH, WM

Agrii - Bucks

Finmere Arable Centre
Barton Hartshorn
Buckingham
Buckinghamshire
MK14 4NQ

Station number: 42

SMR number: SMR7979

Tek: 01522 513351

Additional analyst in charge: L Morris

Licensed to test: AC, BA, CV, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HR, IR, LF, MF, OA, PR, RC, RY, SA, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, TR, WC, WH, WM

Analyst-in-Charge: L Morris

Licensed to test: AC, BA, CV, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HR, IR, LF, MF, OA, PR, RC, RY, SA, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, TR, WC, WH, WM

Germains Seed Technology

Hansa Road
Hardwick Industrial Estate
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4LG

Station number: 92

SMR number: SMR8034

Telephone: 01553 774012

Fax: 01553 773145

Licensee: T Wright

Analyst in charge: H Webb

Licensed to test: BA, FB, OA, RY, SG, WH

A F Monk (Rookley) Ltd

Rookley Farm
Upper Somborne
Stockbridge
Hampshire
SO20 6QX

Station number: 97

SMR number: SMR8043

Telephone: 01794 388496

Fax: 01794 388420

Licensee: R Monk

Analyst in charge: R J Clarke

Licensed to test: AV, BA, CV, FL, FN, FP, HR, HV, IR, OA, PR, RY, SL, SN, SR, SW, TL, TP, WH

Germinal Seeds GB Ltd

Camp Road
Witham St Hughs
Lincolnshire
LN6 9QJ

Station number: 72

SMR number: SMR7974

Telephone: 01522 868714

Fax: 01522 868095

Licensee: W Gilbert

Analyst in charge: M Hawley

Licensed to test: AC, BA, BT, FF, FK, HF, HR, IR, LF, MF, OA, PR, RC, RF, RY, SF, SR, SW, TF, TI, TP, TU, WC, WH

Frontier Agriculture Ltd

Red Shute Mill
Hermitage
Thatcham
Berkshire
RG18 9QL

Station number: 51

SMR number: SMR8040

Telephone: 01635 204100

Licensee: C Whitmarsh

Analyst in charge: J Cullen-Logue

Licensed to test: BA, FN, FP, OA, RY, WH

OSTS Northern Ireland

DARD
Crossnacreevy
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT6 9SH

Station number: 997

SMR number: SMR000000

Telephone: 01232 548000

Fax: 01232 548001

Licensee: T Gilliland

Analyst in charge: T Gilliland

Licensed to test: BA, DU, FL, OA, RY, TL, WH

OSTS (Scotland)

SASA
1 Roddinglaw Road
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH12 9FJ

Station number: 998

SMR number: SMR000000

Telephone: 0131 244 8932

Fax: 0131 244 8988

Licensee: V Cockerell

Analyst in charge: V Cockerell

Licensed to test: AC, AM, AV, BA, BL, BM, BO, BT, CB, CO, CV, DU, FB, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HR, HV, IR, LU, MA, MB, MF, OA, PR, RC, RF, RM, RT, RY, SA, SF, SG, SM, SN, SR, SU, SW, TF, TG, TI, TL, TP, TR, TU, VB, WC, WG, WH, WL, WM, YL

OSTS (England and Wales)

NIAB
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 0LE

Station number: 999

SMR number: SMR000000

Telephone: 01223 342261

Fax: 01223 277602

Licensee: H Appleyard

Analyst in charge: H Appleyard

Licensed to test: AC, AM, AV, BA, BL, BM, BO, BT, CB, CO, CV, DU, FB, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HE, HR, HV, IR, LF, LU, MA, MB, MF, OA, PR, RC, RF, RM, RT, RY, SA, SF, SG, SL, SM, SN, SR, SU, SW, TF, TG, TI, TL, TP, TR, TU, VB, WC, WG, WH, WL, WM, YL

Openfield Arable Ltd

Honey Pot Lane
Colsterworth
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG33 5LY

Station number: 106

SMR number: SMR8107

Telephone: 01476 862730

Licensee: P Crowther

Analysts in charge: K Collingwood, V Lundqvist

Licensed to test: BA, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, OA, RY, SR, SW, TL, TP, TU, WH, WM

Dods of Haddington Ltd

Letham Road
Backburn
Haddington
Scotland
EH41 4NN

Station number: 995

Telephone: 01620 823305

Licensee: J Harper

Analyst in charge: J Harper

Licensed to test: BA, WH

Suffolk Seed Laboratory Ltd

The Counting House
Moat Park
Earl Soham
Woodbridge
Suffolk
IP13 7SR

Station number: 107

SMR number: SMR8513

Telephone: 01728 684188

Fax: 01728 684356

Licensee: N Lewis

Analysts in charge: L Field, N Lewis

Licensed to test: BA, BT, CO, CV, DU, FK, FL, FN, FP, FR, HF, HR, IR, LU, MF, OA, PR, RC, RF, RY, SN, SR, SW, TF, TI, TL, TP, TU, WC, WH, WM

GFP Agriculture Ltd

Pegasus Road
Elsham Wold Industrial Estate
Brigg
Lincolnshire
DN20 0SQ

Station number: 109

SMR number: SMR8684

Telephone: 01652 636444

Licensee: M Phillips

Analyst in charge: S Belk

Licensed to test: BA, FN, FP, OA, RY, WH

Agricultural Laboratory Services Ltd

Unit 13
Pexton Road
Kelleythorpe Industrial Estate
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 9DJ

Station number: 110

Telephone: 01377 808105

Licensee: S Rowley

Analysts in charge: S Howard, J Clark

Licensed to test: BA, FN, FP, OA, RY, TL, WH

Kent Seed Labs

C/O T Denne & Sons
The Lab
Hanover Mill
Ashford
Kent
TN25 6NU

Station number: 111

Telephone: 01233 720871

Licensee: F Denne

Analyst in charge: M Baker

Licensed to test: AM, BA, FN, FP, OA, WH

LSTS kind codes

Beet

• Fodder Beet (FB)
• Sugar Beet (SG)

Cereals

• Barley (BA)
• Durum Wheat (DU)
• Maize (MA)
• Oat (OA)
• Rye (RY)
• Spelt Wheat (SL)
• Triticale (TL)
• Wheat (WH)

Fodder grasses

• Alaska Brome Grass (AG)
• Alsike Clover (AC)
• Annual Meadowgrass (AM)
• Birdsfoot Trefoil (BT)
• Black Medick (BL)
• Blue Lupin (BO)
• Brown Top (CO)
• Cocksfoot (CV)
• Common Vetch (CB)
• Creeping Bent (TR)
• Festulolium (LF)
• Field Bean (FN)
• Field Pea (FP)
• Fine Leaved Sheep’s Fescue (FF)
• Fodder Kale (FK)
• Fodder Radish (FR)
• Hairy Vetch (AV)
• Hard Fescue (HF)
• Hungarian Vetch (HV)
• Hybrid Ryegrass (HR)
• Italian Ryegrass, including Westerwold Ryegrass (IR)
• Lucerne (LU)
• Meadow Fescue (MF)
• Perennial Ryegrass (PR)
• Rough Stalked Meadowgrass (RM)
• Red Clover (RC)
• Red Top (RT)
• Red/Chewings Fescue (RF)
• Rescue Grass (RG)
• Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass (SM)

Fodder legumes

• Sainfoin (SA)
• Sheep’s Fescue (SF)
• Swede (SW)
• Tall Fescue (TF)
• Tall Oatgrass (TG)
• Timothy (TI)
• Velvet Bent (VB)
• White Clover (WC)
• White Lupin (WL)
• Wood Meadowgrass (WG)
• Yellow Lupin (YL)

Oil and fibre crops

• Black Mustard (MB)
• Brown Mustard (BM)
• Hemp (HE)
• Linseed/Flax (FL)
• Soya Bean (SN)
• Sunflower (SU)
• Swede Rape, including Oilseed Rape (SR)
• Turnip Rape (TP)
• White Mustard (WM)

Vegetable crops

• Turnip (TU)