Manoora Seeds lies in South Australia’s Mid-North region in the small town of Manoora — around 120 kms from Adelaide on the Barrier Highway.
We are a leader in quality seed services and have been servicing the local area since 1976.
We understand the local growing conditions. We provide expertise, knowledge, advice, fast turnaround and prompt service to farmers across Australia and around the Globe. Manoora Seeds are independent and accredited with the Australian Seed Federation and an accredited export premise.
We supply seed cleaning and processing services, plus a diverse range of seeds, fertilisers, stock feed and pet food. We are in partnership with Wesfarmers Landmark Clare as distributors of Incitec Fertiliser products.
Manoora Seeds are also an AusPost agency and offer a comprehensive range of Australia Post services.
Manoora Seeds can trace its beginnings back to Ern Laurie and his family who ran a chaff mill on the site. The mill burnt down in 1965 and was subsequently rebuilt in 1968. David Garrett, a local farmer and pasture seed harvesting contractor, bought the business and commenced trade as a seed cleaning business in what is now the front office of Manoora Seeds Pty Ltd.
Frustrated at having difficulty in having seed cleaned for sale — especially when the nearest service was over 110 km away in Georgetown — David started with a small Hannaford grader, an indent cylinder and a small gravity table. The whole set up was smaller than some mobile units today. However, production was laborious with the seed having to run through the plant twice and the bags sewn by hand. In fact, the maximum output was a quarter of a tonne per hour — a far cry from what we produce today.
David sold the business to certified seed producers Murray l’Anson, Robin Manley and Ken Warnes who saw an opportunity to add value to their products. Being centrally located to all three farms, it also guaranteed them a handy place to process their seed.
Today the business consists of two seed cleaning plants and employs eight people.
