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Cover Crop Seed Suppliers

Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: Not Available
Last Reviewed: 04 April 2008

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Seed supplies are highly dependent upon weather and time of year; contact the potential suppliers well in advance of your cover crop needs. This seed supplier listing was developed from the information supplied by the seed suppliers; OMAFRA does not accept responsibilty for the accuracy supplied.

This list does not imply any endorsement or recommendation by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of the companies listed.

If you would like to nominate a supplier for inclusion on the page, email: ag.info.omafra@ontario.ca. The business information you provide will be posted on the OMAFRA website.

Company Name Contact Information Seed Available
Abner Bauman

Box 73
Millbank, ON
NOK 1LO

tel: (519)595-4885

Alan Lyons

RR #3
Mansfield, ON
L0N 1M0

tel: (705)435 9202
e-mail: lyhaven@sprint.ca


Bailey Seed Inc.

Roy Bailey

Milden, Saskatchewan

tel: (306) 935-4702
email:stoneyreidge@sasktel.net

  • Oriental mustard
    • variety Cutlass (for nematode control)
Beer'sSeeds Ltd.
(Jim Beer)

RR #4
Arthur, ON
N0G 1A0

tel: (519) 848-3488
fax: (519) 848-3857
e-mail: beersseeds@sympatico.ca

Belterre Seeds
(Lawrence Trepanier)

RR#1
Lasalette, ON
N0E 1H0

tel: (519)879-6390
fax: (519) 879-6390
e-mail: belterreseeds@execulink.com

David Reid

R.R. #2
Renfrew, ON
K7V 3Z5

tel: (613) 432-7500

Earl Elgie

R.R. #6
Dresden, ON
N0P 1M0

tel: (519) 683-4659

Great Canadian Bean Company
(Steve Twynstra)

R.R. #1
Ailsa Craig, ON
NOM 1AO

tel: (519)232-4449
fax: (519) 232-469
e-mail: steve@gcbc.ca

Hedley Seeds Ltd.
(Allan Hedley)

RR #2
Canfield, ON
N0A 1C0

tel: (905)774-7855
fax: (905) 774-6149
e-mail: Hedseed@on.aibn.ca

Huron Commodities Inc.
(Martin VanderLoo)

P.O. Box 1353
Clinton, ON
N0M 1L0

tel: (519) 482-8400
fax: (519) 482-8383
e-mail: m.vanderloo@huron.com

Labon Inc.
(Rene Labonte)

1350 Newton St.
Boucherville, QUE
J4B 5H2

tel: (450) 641-1050
fax: (450) 641-4979
Watts 1-800-565-1050

  • Rape
  • Canola
  • Colza
  • Galega
  • Japanese millet
  • Oilseed radish
  • Forage radish
  • Ryegrass forage Tetraploide
  • Ryegrass westerworld aubade
  • Sorghum milo maize
  • Sweet clover yellow & white blossom
  • Crimson clover
  • White clover
  • Ladino clover
  • Altaswede
  • Red clover
  • Persian clover
  • Hairy vetch
  • Common vetch
  • Forrage chicory
  • Crown vetch
  • White lupins
  • Yellow-white mustard
  • Brown mustard
  • Oriental mustard
  • Grazing turnip
  • Dichon radish
  • Toro radish
  • Fenu greek
  • Plowing mixes for plow down
  • Lab-Ecolo mix
  • Lab-Ecolo with blue fescue
  • Lab Ecolo with white clover
  • Lab Compagnon for orchard
  • Lab Eau (for waterway & fowl nesting )
  • Lab Eau Plus (for water bank)
  • Lab 2000 (fescue with wild flowers)
  • Lab 2007 with alkali grass for salty area
  • Lab 2005 & Lab 2009 for sand bank erosion control
  • Lab XXB for ragweed control
  • Lab Ditch & River Bank Mix perennial lupines
  • Flow bluegrass
  • All wheat grass including streambank wild rye
  • Buckwheat
  • Oats
  • Rye triticale
  • Milk vetch
  • Blue Fescue
  • Lab Udwig (radish - mustard - canola mix)
  • Phacelia
  • Faba beans
Labonte Seed Ltd.
(Raymond or John)

Box 1660
6 Scott St.
New Liskeard, ON
P0J 1P0

tel: (705) 647-6821
fax: (705) 647-6887

Mapleseed Inc.
(Peter Craig)

Box 1608
1 Greenfields Road
Lindsay, ON
K9V 4R3

tel: (705) 324-6273 or 1-800-461-7645
fax: (705) 324-1803

  • Clovers: red, white, yellow blossom sweet, white blossom sweet, Alsike, strawberry, Ladino, crimson, Berseem
  • Alfalfa : annual, Mapleseed Proprietory line, common, grazing
  • Vetch: hairy, cicer milk, crown
  • Ryegrass: annual, perennial
  • Grasses: Timothy, bromegrass, orchard grass, reed canary grass, fescues, bluegrass, alkali grass, bentgrass
  • Native grasses and wildflowers
  • Plowdown mixes: TNT soil builder
  • Soil stablilzation mixes: Greenfields mix
  • Japanese millet
  • German millet
  • Chicory
  • White mustard
  • Forage rape
  • Orchard mixtures and nut-grower mixtures
  • Pasture mixtures
Milo Pro Inc.
  • Mario Longtin
    Suite 200, 34 Colonnade Road, Ottawa, ON K2E 7J6
    tel: 613-227-8693
  • Marv Eberle
    4218 Dobie Dr., Glencoe, ON N0L 1M0
    tel: 519-808-9909
    meberle@odyssey.on.ca
    www.aerc.ca
Norfolk Co-Operative
(Steve Henry)

Box 40
Courtland, ON
NOJ 1EO

tel: (519) 688-2676
fax: (519) 688-9475

Parsons Seeds Ltd.
(Robert Thom)

Box 280
Beeton, ON
LOG 1AO

tel: (905) 729-2202
fax: (905) 729-2623
e-mail: parseed@bconnex.net

Simcoe District Co-op
(Scott Collins)

259 Innifil St.
Barrie, ON
L4N 3G2

tel: (705) 726-6531
fax: (705) 737-3435
e-mail: elmvale@simcoeco-op.com

Speare Seeds
(Robert Dippel)

Box 171
Harriston, ON
NOG 1ZO

tel: (519) 338-3840
fax: (519) 338-2510
e-mail: rdippel@wightman.ca

Swain Seed Cleaners & Dealers Ltd.

10701 Old Scugog Rd.
Blackstock, ON
LOB 1BO

tel: (905) 986-4331
fax: (905) 986-5880 or (877) 523-SEED

  • Spring & fall cereal grains (oats, rye)
  • Alfalfa
  • Clovers
  • Timothy
  • Reed canary
  • Trefoils
  • Vetch-fescue
  • Bluegrass
  • Bentgrass
  • Peas
  • Oilseed radish
  • Buckwheat
  • Reed canary grass
  • Orchard grass
  • Bromegrass
  • Annual Rye
  • Fescues
  • A full line of seed for turf and agricultural purposes

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