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When Jacques Beauchesne founded Semican in 1982, the company’s operations centred on producing and conditioning cereal seed. With a steady increase in sales, it soon became clear that to ensure the company’s future, we would need to set ourselves apart from other markets and cereal seed suppliers in Quebec.


We began that process by establishing and developing strong business relationships with researchers, plant breeders, partners and entrepreneurs at various governmental and private organizations.


Becoming the exclusive distributor of Lallemand-Biotal products contributed greatly to the growth of the company, particularly with the arrival of highly effective silage inoculants containing an exclusive bacterial strain.


The ongoing work in our Research Centre has enabled us to develop and sell exclusive, high-yield cereal varieties with outstanding agronomic traits. This approach has also proved successful for forage plants, leading to the development of our exclusive product line. With the addition of green manure cover crop and intercrop seed, organic seed, and marketing and selling grain, Semican distinguishes itself through its wide range of seed products and its expertise. The professional service provided by our employees, representatives, partners and suppliers, our presence in the field with producers, and our extensive and long-established network of dedicated dealers, with whom we maintain a close relationship and through whom we are able to cover an area that extends from eastern Ontario to the Maritimes, in addition to the northern United States.


Producing and trading grain is also a part of the equation. Grain contracts, crop marketing, harvest buyback contracts for a number of crops, and niche markets are strong points that enable Semican to provide producers with strategic crop options for their fields. Likewise, Semican recently created its SEMICANSOY division, devoted to selling and marketing IP (identity preserved) soybeans to supply world markets with soybeans for human consumption.


There’s no shortage of projects at Semican!
Semican is expanding its share of the market through its partnerships and different divisions and product lines, particularly in the food and feed sectors, to ensure its position as a seed company in the North American agricultural scene.


Semican… a whole field of expertise!

NOTRE VISION

S’adapter aux demandes des marchés en préservant l’environnement, la qualité de nos produits et notre présence terrain.


NOTRE MISSION

«Nourrir la planète, les producteurs, les agriculteurs et les consommateurs, une semence à la fois.»


NOS VALEURS

Respect et intégrité :

Soyons authentiques et respectueux dans nos actions, nos paroles et ce, avec tous nos intervenants (clients, collègues de travail, partenaires d’affaires) ainsi que soi-même.

Responsabilisation :

Maintenons une confiance en nous pour assumer nos responsabilités avec créativité et engagement au service de Semican.

Entraide mutuelle :

Oeuvrons en synergie en maximisant les forces de chacun.

Communication :

Intégrons une écoute authentique de bas en haut et de haut en bas.

Développement des collaborateurs :

Développons notre expertise, comme celle de notre clientèle, par des formations et des ateliers pratiques réguliers.


FEEDING THE WORLD

ONE SEED AT A TIME

OUR MISSION

«To feed the planet, its producers, farmers and consumers, one seed at a time»


OUR VALUES

Respect and Integrity:

Let us be authentic and respectful in our actions and words with all our stakeholders (customers, colleagues and business partners) as well as to oneself.

Responsibility:

Maintain confidence in ourselves to assume our responsibilities with creativity and commitment in the service of Semican.

OUR VISION

To adapt to market demands while preserving the environment, the quality of our products and our presence in the field.


Mutual Aid:

Work in synergy to maximise each others strengths.

Communication:

Maintain effective and fluid communication between all members of the Semican network.

Employee Development:

Develop our expertise, like our customers, through training and regular practical workshops.

FEEDING THE WORLD

ONE SEED AT A TIME

HISTORY

Founded in 1982, Groupe Semican inc. has become one of the most dynamic seed companies in Quebec. At the outset, the business was centred in Quebec, with over 70 dealers, but also operated in the Maritimes and the northern United States.


Initially, the company focused primarily on seed production and conditioning.


Semican later expanded its business to include the sale of cereal and forage seed and developed specialty markets to market crops for producers here in Quebec, a segment that has enabled us to differentiate ourselves from other seed companies.


Semican also established a Research Centre, located in Princeville, and created two divisions: SEMICAN INTERNATIONAL and TRANSPORT JBX, the company’s truck fleet.


SEMICAN INTERNATIONAL has a strong presence in the United States, with a network of over 200 dealers along the east coast, as far south as Florida. We specialize in horse and bird feed and have made a name for ourselves in the eastern U.S. with our oats and by-products, which we also export abroad. Semican is well-known and has an excellent reputation among American racetracks, where purebred horses compete and a number of the illustrious horses are fed with our oat and hay products.


Our truck fleet was created to facilitate the delivery of our seed, horse feed, and gardening products, among others, in both Canada and the United States, thus ensuring quality service to all our customers.


In 2019, four shareholders from the company, Philippe Charlebois, Luc Julien, René Allimann and Jean Goulet took over Semican's SEED and FEED divisions to follow in the footsteps of Jacques Beauchesne. Semican is increasing its share of the seed market and working to diversify its product line to supply a variety of markets, a process that is already well underway. Semican is supported by a team of experienced and dedicated professionals, who are focused on serving producers, consumers and the agricultural sector as a whole.


Semican is moving forward!

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