Seeds West is the world's largest bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) seed company. We are a fully owned subsidiary of Pennington Seed, Inc.  Pennington Seed, Inc. is owned by Central Garden & Pet, which is a publicly held company (trading as CENT on NASDAQ).  Pennington Seed, Inc. sells all types of seed, bird feed, clay pottery, and lawn and garden fertilizers through their extensive network of national retail accounts and independent distributors.  Seeds West, Inc. conditions, coats, packages and distributes bermudagrass seed for the Pennington divisions and their network of distributors as well as Seeds West distributors.  The Seeds West facilities are located in the agricultural valleys of southwestern Arizona and southern California where the world's supply of bermudagrass seed is produced.

Pictured to the right is the Seeds West Roll, Arizona facility located in the Wellton-Mohawk valley of Southwest Arizona.  Seeds West Roll has a modern bermudagrass seed conditioning plant, a seed coating plant for application of the exclusive Pennington Penkoted locked-on seed treatment, and packaging facility to package seed for wholesale and retail distribution.

The Seeds West office in El Centro, California conditions seed of field crops and vegetables.  Alfalfa and bermudagrass seed are the two main products handled at this facility.  We also custom condition vegetable seeds such as onions and peppers for area growers.  Located in the Imperial Valley, Seeds West El Centro is a short drive from Mexico and just a few hours away from the port in Los Angeles.  The majority of our export containers are loaded and shipped from Seeds West El Centro.

Located between Seeds West Roll and Seed West El Centro is the Seeds West Sales Office and Distribution Warehouse in Yuma, Arizona.  Seeds West Yuma provides bermudagrass and warm season turfgrass marketing, sales, and technical support to our distributors.  The Seeds West Yuma Distribution Warehouse is used to store packaged seed for shipment.

Our primary product, bermudagrass, is a warm season perennial grass that has origins in Africa and Southeast Asia. Bermudagrass is an extremely versatile grass that establishes readily from seed.  Once established, it spreads via stolons across the soil surface and below the soil surface via underground stems or rhizomes.  It is very drought and wear tolerant.  The majority of the bermudagrass seed sold around the world is used for turfgrass such as home lawns and parks in the semi-tropical and tropical regions of the world.

Seeds West is recognized as one of the leaders in the development, production, sales and marketing of Certified turf-type bermudagrass varieties.  In 1989, Seeds West released NuMex SAHARA, the first improved seeded bermudagrass variety ever developed exclusively for turf.  Over the years, the demand for seeded turf-type bermudagrass varieties has grown.  Pennington Seed, Inc. and Seeds West, Inc. have made a commitment to ongoing research and development of improved turf-type bermudagrass varieties and other warm season turfgrass species from seed.  The Seeds West Warm Season Turfgrass Research Program has continued to develop and release new varieties with improved turf characteristics such as darker green color, finer leaf texture and increased turf density for better wear tolerance and overall turf performance.

The Seeds West Warm Season Turfgrass Research Program conducts research in Maricopa, Arizona. The research program has released many top performing Certified varieties since 1989 including NuMex Sahara, Sonesta, Primavera, Sultan brand (FMC-6), Sydney, and Princess 77. Also produced and marketed by Seeds West, Inc. are the Cheyenne, Yuma, Mohawk and Panama bermudagrass varieties.

Seeds West also develops and produces improved turf-type buffalograss (Buchloe dactyloides) varieties for turf and erosion control. Buffalograss is one of the few grasses believed to be native to North America.  Named for the bison or buffalo that roamed the Great Plains and grazed on this hardy grass, buffalograss has an extensive range of adaptation.  It has been found growing from Mexico to Canada.  It is a warm season perennial grass that is sod forming via above ground stolons.  Once established, buffalograss is a very heat and cold tolerant grass that may be mowed for a manicured lawn look or left unmowed or mowed infrequently for a natural prairie appearance.  Certified turf-type buffalograss varieties such as Cody and Certified buffalograss blends such as Buffalo Pals offer the hardy characteristics of buffalograss along with improved turf characteristics such as improved color and turf density.

For forage and pasture applications, we offer Cheyenne, our forage specific bermudagrass variety, Giant bermudagrass ( Cynodon dactylon, var. aridus) and bermudagrass pasture mixtures such as Ranchero Frio and Tierra Verde.  Giant bermudagrass is the seeded alternative to Coastal bermudagrass.  With proper management, it produces substantial nutritive hay for cattle and horses.  We also sell Certified Piper sudangrass, non-dormant alfalfa (Medicago sativa ) varieties such as Cibola and CUF 101and other warm season grasses such as Bahiagrass (Pennesetum notatum) and Weeping Lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula). 

To find out more about any of our products and the name of the Seeds West distributor nearest you, please contact the Seeds West Yuma Office, USA Toll Free 1-888-905-3434, telephone (928) 783-2050, facsimile (928) 783-8401 or reach us via e-mail at info@seedswest.com