Your innovation partner since 1903. At our headquarters in Lower Bavaria we are breeding Spring & Winter Barley, 2- and 6-row for malt, craft, distilling and feed use, for worldwide markets. Recognized as one of Germany's TOP100 innovative SMEs in 2017. Our varieties are being represented by Saaten-Union worldwide: - For commercial inquiries please contact our Head of intl. Marketing Maria Barskaia. - For specific requests regarding malting barley, please contact the Saaten-Union Product Manager Dirk Hämke. Ackermann is a founding member of Saaten-Union, Germany's largest cooperation of SME plant breeders, with a sales network through 9 wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships with the RAPOOL group and German Seed Alliance (GSA). Additional shareholdings include: Elsoms Ackermann Barley Ltd. (UK, barley), ASUR Plant Breeding SAS (France, hybrid & conventional wheat, hybrid barley), Saaten-Union Biotec GmbH (Biotechnology services), Saaten-Union Romania SRL (Romania; seed production, marketing and R&D) and Hybro Saatzucht GmbH & Co. KG (Germany; hybrid rye). You can follow us on twitter @AckermannBarley if you want to be kept up to date about new products!