Services
Comprehensive, bespoke and quality assured
Suffolk Seed Laboratory provides a comprehensive certification and analysis service for seed merchants, buying groups/co-operatives and independent farmers and growers.
A broad-spectrum of official and unofficial seed tests are available including:
- EEC & HVS tests
- Germination
- Purity
- Moisture
- Vigour
- TGW Thousand Grain Weight
- Quality measurements e.g. Specific weight, Haberg and protein, oil
Prime packages and a specialist service
Suffolk Seed Laboratory offers a selection of bespoke growers’ packages, tailored to meet individual breeder and grower requirements. A standard Farm Saved Seed (FSS) package, which includes moisture, TGW and germination tests, and moisture meter calibration is also available.
Prices for seeds tests and associated services are competitive and reviewed annually in line with NIAB recommendations.
Samples can be submitted in person, by Royal Mail/courier or via a collection service which is available on request.
Delivering efficiency and high standards, no matter what you grow
Suffolk Seed Laboratory’s team of qualified technicians provide an efficient, comprehensive quality assured seed analyses for all species of grassland and combinable crop varieties. It also offers certified crop inspection services and moisture meter calibration.
The lab has close working relationships with a number of key plant breeders and agronomy businesses. It has an exceptional reputation and an increasing client-base that extends across the UK’s farming, amenity and horticultural sectors.

