Seed Development

Research & Development Production & Technology Quality & Assurance

We Breed Strong Seed for a Strong Future in Agricultural Production

As a result of the fast growth in global population, diminishing agricultural areas, and changing climate conditions based on global warming, the sustainability of agricultural production that is the basic lifeblood of humanity becomes ever more important every day. Sustainability of agricultural production and a strong future starts with seed technologies and strong seed breeding developed as a result of successful R&D efforts.

We Breed Strong Seed for a Strong Future in Agricultural Production

We Invest 8% of Our Annual Revenue in R&D

As MAY Seed we are aware that the secret of success in seed breeding is qualified R&D. With this consciousness we continue our R&D investments to have insure global competitiveness. We invest a minimum of 8% of our annual revenue to R&D and add an average of 5 new seed varieties annually to our portfolio in the scope of the breeding activities we conduct on the crops we focus on at our 5 R&D centers in different regions of Türkiye.

Data Oriented, Rapid, Competitive Seed Breeding with State-of-the-Art Equipment and Specialized Breeding Team

In line with our breeding on-site strategy we conduct research at our R&D stations and micro trial fields in different regions of Türkiye. Utilizing the accumulated data and our specialized plant breeding team combined with state-of-the-art technology we are able to introduce to farmers in Türkiye and target countries competitive seed varieties and production technologies.

Data Oriented, Rapid, Competitive Seed Breeding with State-of-the-Art Equipment and Specialized Breeding Team

Criteria Focused On In Crops for Strong Seed;

• Non-GMO,
• High Efficiency,
• Crop Quality,
• High Resistance to Diseases and Climatic Factors

On-Site Breeding Strategy

Our Marmara R&D Stations at Bursa-Center and Mustafakemalpaşa are used for vegetable, field crops, and industrial crop breeding and to sustain pure seedstock crop stocks.

At our Aegean R&D Station and East Mediterranean R&D Station we conduct breeding activities for vegetable, corn, cotton and industrial crop varieties while at out Thrace R&D Station we conduct Hybrid Sunflower breeding activities

With our controlled greenhouse infrastructure, we conduct breeding activities 12 months a year without interruption, which helps us rapidly realize product development processes. Additionally, we continue our breeding activities at Central and Southern hemisphere countries such as Chili, Argentina, Mexico, and South Africa and conduct testing genetic purity and off-season foundation seed enrichment activities.

We conduct multi-year trials of the Cotton and Corn varieties we develop in GMO-free and organic farming regions of the USA, testing their adaptability, yield potential, and resistance to disease and climatic factors.

We develop our varieties by on-site breeding of Hybrid Sunflower, Hybrid Corn, Cotton, Bean and Sweet Corn crops and sell them under the MAY brand in International Markets, and in Türkiye.

As MAY Seed, we compete with global companies with our capacity to produce all the seed needs of Türkiye in our area. We develop our varieties by on-site breeding of Hybrid Sunflower, Hybrid Corn, Cotton, Bean and Sweet Corn crops and sell them under the MAY brand in International Markets, and in Türkiye. With on-site breeding and the use of state-of-the-art technology, we are instrumental in making our country one of the top countries in the world for seed production. We introduce high quality Turkish Seeds to the World with high value-added, foundation seeds and license exports.