Agriculture

Vegetable Seeds - Shaping The Future Of Vegetables

At BASF, we want to support farmers along the whole value chain – from seed to a successful harvest. BASF is an expert in vegetable seeds and wants to help customers around the globe succeed. This is why we offer a broad portfolio and unique traits that focus on different market situations and consumer’s demands.

Benefits:

Best meeting customer’s demands due to close partnership with farmers and scientists
Consistent and comprehensive approach along the vegetable value chain from grower to consumer
Innovative traits that contribute to high yields for farmers and healthy, tasty and convenient foods for consumers
Unique products that help improve customers’ business growth and profitability
Hybrid varieties with traits and characteristics that are suited to different climates, growing conditions, and to cultural and consumer preferences, guarantee success for customers around the globe

Vision

As BASF’s vegetable seeds business we are responsible for all vegetable seeds activities worldwide from research to after-sales. It is our ambition to make healthy eating enjoyable and sustainable for people, partners and our planet. We contribute to society with our vegetable solutions we create together with value chain partners.

Product offering

Under the brand Nunhems, high-quality vegetable seeds and expert advice in 24 crops are offered to the professional vegetable production industry and supply chain. With more than 2,000 specialists, it is present in all major vegetable production areas around the globe and dedicated to developing market and consumer-oriented varieties and concepts. With a direct orientation towards customers along the whole value chain and towards sharing value-added genetics, services and expertise to help them succeed.

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Product supply

Operations is responsible for the entire process from production to packaging. BASF produces its vegetable seeds globally and has regional processing centers for global sales.

Product concept

With over 1,200 seed varieties in 24 vegetable crops, Nunhems is a world-renowned brand in the hybrid seed industry. The breeding programs deliver innovative products which in turn help improve our customers’ business growth and profitability.

BASF understands that every market is unique. We develop hybrid varieties with traits and characteristics that are suited to different climates, growing conditions, and to cultural and consumer preferences.

Next to the seed varieties and services that BASF offers to growers, we also engage in collaborations with growers, traders, food service providers, fresh-cut companies and retailers.

If you have questions or want more info please contact us or send us an e-mail.

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News Releases

Results: 8

March 15, 2023

BASF advances innovation pipeline with integrated solutions to accelerate agriculture's transformation

BASF presents the latest advancements in its agricultural innovation pipeline of crop protection, seeds and traits, and digital solutions. Their focus is to provide much-needed solutions for farmers to overcome local and crop system specific pest pressures, climate challenges, changing regulatory requirements and rising consumer expectations.

March 13, 2023

Joint News Release - BASF Venture Capital GmbH invests in WayBeyond

San Francisco, California, and Mannheim, Germany – March 13, 2023 – BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture capital company of BASF SE, is investing in WayBeyond. Founded in New Zealand and now headquartered in the United States, WayBeyond is an Internet of things (IoT) and software as a service (SaaS) company that aims to improve crop yields, crop quality and grower profitability for low-to-mid tech controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) operations using data capture, farm management, and prediction tools.

April 20, 2022

Strong pipeline of BASF agricultural innovations will benefit food security, climate and environment

BASF announces its ten-year outlook on agricultural innovations that support food security for future generations, while minimizing the impact of farming on the climate and the environment. The company focuses on improving agricultural outcomes in major crops, like wheat, canola, soybean, corn, cotton, rice, as well as fruits and vegetables. According to estimates from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), these crops account for more than 50% of the world’s farmland, which is why innovations applied on such a large scale have the potential to make farming even more productive and sustainable.

March 24, 2022

Personnel Changes at BASF

Livio Tedeschi (50), Senior Vice President, Agricultural Solutions Europe, will take over as President of BASF's Agricultural Solutions division, based in Limburgerhof, Germany, on April 1, 2022.

February 1, 2022

BASF develops seed variety for the first tearless onion entering the European market

Nunhem, the Netherlands – February 1, 2022 – BASF’s vegetable seeds business developed a tearless onion variety which has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom. The yellow onion variety constitutes a breakthrough in vegetable innovation and is a real gamechanger as the first tearless onion available to the market. It is a result of more than three decades of conventional breeding efforts. Its benefit: while onions usually become more pungent while being stored, this variety becomes milder and sweeter over time.