«MAY Seed» - the supplier of sunflower seeds
«MAY Seed» has been involved in the research, production and marketing of vegetable, field, industrial and forage crop seeds since 1978 under MAY brand name. MAY is Turkey’s leading Agricultural Sector investor, with more than 100 Agronomy specialist employees and more than 20.000 tons of certificated seed production, processing and preparation annual capacity for domestic and international markets, MAY’s vision is to be a competitive Turkey based seed company with brand awareness in the strategic targeted geography by establishing alliances for the supply and marketing of proprietary products developed through a strong research pipeline.
R&D
MAY is aware that the research and development of the new products and technologies adapted to Turkey and to the targeted International Markets are the basic principle of competitiveness and success. Due to this fact the company is allocating all the necessary resources for the research and development activities which meets or exceeds the international known standards of the seed industry for the development of competitive products of selected crops. «MAY Seed» Company is conducting breeding activities with six species including Hybrid Maize, Hybrid Sunflower, Cotton and Bean.
Bursa-Yenişehir Research Station is used for breeding of vegetables and field crops and to maintain purebred seed stock; Hybrid Maize and Cotton breeding activities are conducted in the Eastern Mediterranean Research Center; Sunflower breeding activities are conducted in the Thrace Research Center. Fully controlled greenhouse capabilities enable the company to continue breeding activities year round period to speed up the new parental line and product development work.
Furthermore, breeding, genetic and physical purity testing, parental line and new hybrid seed production activities during the winter season are carried out in the Central and Southern Hemisphere countries such as Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico and South Africa.
Production
«MAY Seed» Company, including the regions of Marmara, Central Anatolia, Aegean, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Southeast Anatolia of Turkey, with more than 30 seed production specialists and about 1000 seasonal agricultural workers annually producing around 15.000 tons of certificated seed; the Maize, Sunflower, Soybean, Cotton and Vegetable seeds are prepared in up to date modern facilities in Bursa and Adana.
MAY’s annual certified seed production in the amount of 15.000 tons, represents the highest amount produced by the private seed sector companies in Turkey for the related species.
Benefiting from the excellent climatic, environmental conditions and infrastructure in Turkey, MAY’s production team are able to reliably produce top quality seeds of the entire product range for optimum supply for domestic and international markets.
Sales
«MAY Seed» marketing, sales and technical support activities operate with more than 50 agricultural specialists through distributors, dealers and institutions in all the main agricultural regions of Turkey.
MAY is proud of being a reputable and most well-known Turkish Seed Brand through the work of the International sales team, under the brand name MAY, operating extensive experience throughout European Union, Eastern Europe, Balkans, Middle East, Central Asia and parts of Africa.
Marketing, sales and technical support specialists are continuously trained through annual seminars on planning, product development, technical support related issues, new agricultural market trends, technologies to enable them to be updated to service the professional growers in the best manner.
Quality
MAY’s accredited in house quality assurance systems and laboratory testing capabilities enables them to conduct a strict process of genetical, physical and physiological seed testing to insure the company sell’s only the best quality seeds in domestic and international markets. MAY’s laboratories handle more than 12.000 quality tests each year.
MAY has obtaned the ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification in 2003, and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems Certification and OHSAS 18001 Labor Health and Safety Management Systems Certification in 2012.
Through in house research and development activities MAY provides a competitive advantage with seed solutions for their customers in the targeted geographies.