Canada’s Largest Independent Seed Company
BrettYoung is a privately-owned agribusiness with headquarters in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Proud of our 90-year history in agriculture, we employ over 250 people in four processing, warehousing, and distribution facilities in Canada. In various sales territories across North America, we serve customers in three distinct markets:
- Agricultural Seed and Crop Inputs – we provide crop input solutions to Canadian and US farmers including canola, forages and corn, soybeans, and ag biologicals.
- Wholesale Forage and Turf – we partner with growers to produce forage and turf seed for domestic and export markets, serving 40 countries around the world.
- Professional Turf and Reclamation – we provide a wide range of products and services, including fertilizer, to the professional turf and reclamation industry in Western Canada and Ontario.
BrettYoung Accreditation
Seeds Canada delivers accreditation and monitoring programs for the Canadian seed industry. Recognized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Seeds Canada has been given the mandate to be the single point of contact for all seed establishments, seed laboratories, operators, and graders seeking registration, licensing, or accreditation. BrettYoung has the following accreditations with Seeds Canada and the CFIA.
BrettYoung Accreditations
| Location | Accreditation | Scope of Accreditation |
|---|---|---|
| BrettYoung – Rycroft, AB | 1357 | Approved Conditioner, Bulk Storage Facility |
| BrettYoung – Rycroft, AB | 1357AE | Authorized Exporter Program |
| BrettYoung – Winnipeg, MB | 0846-178 | Approved Conditioner, Bulk Storage Facility, Authorized Importer |
| BrettYoung – Winnipeg, MB (Lab) | 1063-LAB | Purity, Germination Crop Kinds in Grade Table I – XX |
| BrettYoung – Winnipeg, MB | 0846AE | Authorized Exporter Program |
| BrettYoung – Winnipeg, MB | CGSP-120 | Canadian Grain Sampling Program |
| BrettYoung – Calmar, AB | 1394-137 | Approved Conditioner, Authorized Importer |
BrettYoung Industry Memberships
BrettYoung stays involved in the industries we serve. We have memberships with the following organizations:
BrettYoung Industry Memberships
- Alberta Forage Industry Network
- Alfalfa Seed Commission of Alberta
- Alberta Turfgrass Research Foundation
- American Seed Trade Association
- Atlantic Seed Association
- British Columbia Golf Superintendents Association
- Canadian Agri-food Marketers Alliance
- Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers
- Canadian Golf Superintendents Association
- Canadian Land Reclamation Association
- Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
- Canola Council of Canada
- Canadian Seed Growers Association
- Eastern Ontario Golf Course Superintendents Association
- Foothills Forage Association
- Golf Course Superintendents Association of America
- Greater London & Area Golf Superintendents (GLAGS)
- Independent Turf & Ornamental Distributors Association
- Kent Essex Greenkeeper’s Society (KEGS)
- Landscape Alberta Nursery Trades Association
- Manitoba Forage Seed Association
- Manitoba Golf Superintendents Association
- Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents Association
- National Golf Course Owners Association Canada
- National Turfgrass Evaluation Program
- Northern Seed Trade Association
- Nursery Sod Growers Association of Ontario
- Ontario Golf Superintendents’ Association
- Ontario Parks Association
- Ottawa Valley Turfgrass Association
- Peace Region Forage Seed Association
- Quebec Golf Superintendents Association
- Saskatchewan Leafcutters Association/Saskatchewan Alfalfa Seed Producers Development Commission
- Saskatchewan Turfgrass Association
- Saskatchewan Forage Council
- Saskatchewan Forage Seed Development Commission
- SeCan Association
- Seeds-Canada
- Sports Turf Association of Canada
- Synthetic Turf Council
- Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance
- Western Canada Turfgrass Association
- Western Ontario Golf Superintendents Association
- Western Seed Association