Company news

Murcia, 2025-07-14

KWS Vegetables is enhancing its research: A state-of-the-art research hub in Murcia, Spain, dedicated to discovering disease-resistant plant materials for tomato, cucumber, pepper, melon, and watermelon, has officially opened. With this facility, the company is strengthening its R&D capabilities for these five crops while continuing to build up its young Vegetables business unit worldwide. The new hub marks an important milestone in KWS Vegetables’ ambition to develop innovative, reliable seed solutions for growers across the globe.

Einbeck, 2025-06-27

The seed companies KWS and Limagrain announce the sale of their North American Joint Venture (JV) AgReliant Genetics to GDM, a global leader in plant genetics. The three companies signed a binding agreement today.

Einbeck/Andijk, 2025-06-23

- State-of-the-art research and development center inaugurated in the Netherlands - New capacities support ambitious goals in KWS vegetable breeding - Introduction of new varieties in all KWS vegetable crops expected within the next three years

Einbeck, 2025-05-13

- Net sales on previous year's level despite lower acreage - Gross margin increases to 63.4% (62.5%) due to improved product mix - Change in other key earnings figures impacted by one-off effects; adjusted EBIT margin reaches 21.2% (22.7%) - Sugarbeet business again with growth and high profitability due to the success of sustainable product innovations - Free cash flow significantly improved – net debt decreases to 0.5x EBITDA - Annual forecasts for the 2024/2025 fiscal year specified

Einbeck, 2025-04-30

The myKWS vitality check functional area allows users to analyze the vitality of plant stocks using satellite images. An optimized display of the biomass and a map showing the nitrogen uptake of the plant stocks now offer users of the application further advantages.

Einbeck, 2025-04-28

The CONVISO® SMART system offers an efficient, effective and sustainable way to control weeds in sugarbeet. The digital myKWS tool CONVISO® SMART application manager now provides farmers with a new way to determine the best time for the first application of the herbicide CONVISO® ONE.

Einbeck, 2025-04-14

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA will publish its financial results for the first nine month 2024/2025 on Tuesday, May 13 (7.00 a.m. CEST).

Einbeck, 2025-04-14

KWS is participating together with renowned research institutes and other partners1 in the quantiFARM2 project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The aim is to measure the vitality of plants by developing sensitive, robust and practical screening systems. This can promote more sustainable agriculture and create real added value for plant breeding.

Einbeck, 2025-03-27

Last chance to experience the monumental scanograms by the Brazilian artist.

Einbeck, 2025-03-03

Seed specialist KWS has constructed a new facility for processing and storing high-quality breeding material at its headquarters in Einbeck, where it is now fully operational. Referred to as the Seed Inventory, the facility with a floor area of 13,000 square meters offers space for around 1.3 million seed lots of sugarbeet, fodder beet, oilseed rape, catch crops and peas. The investment volume amounts to 51 million euros. In addition, the company is planning another major investment at the site: the grounds on Grimsehlstrasse will be home to a new 4,600-square-meter Phytopathology Center for research into plant diseases.

Einbeck, 2025-02-27

An infestation with clubroot endangers oilseed rape crops worldwide. Depending on different environmental factors, maximum yield losses are possible. However, the resistance to the disease of previous varieties is becoming increasingly less effective. With PBR1, KWS has now identified and decoded a completely new resistance gene and crossed it into the first varieties. The new genetics are very promising – this is also confirmed by official trial data from renowned agricultural institutes in Germany and France.

Einbeck, 2025-02-27

- New combination varieties combine the advantages of the successful CONVISO® SMART system with high Cercospora protection (CR+) - Product launch in several European markets for the upcoming growing season - Further European roll-out planned in the coming years - Unique product innovation strengthens future growth in the sugarbeet segment