Stamp Seeds in Alberta: History, What It Grows, How It Makes Money and How to Contact It
Profile updated November 2026
Stamp Seeds is a family pedigreed seed and grain operation at Enchant, Alberta, about 150 km southeast of Calgary in the Bow River Irrigation District. The Stamp family were named Alberta's 2023 Outstanding Young Farmers, and parents Richard and Marian Stamp hold the W.R. Motherwell Award for service to the program. The farm manages roughly 7,000 acres, about 5,000 of them irrigated, and supplies seed across Canada.
| Location | Enchant, Alberta, Bow River Irrigation District |
|---|---|
| Founded | Pedigreed seed began in the late 1980s; revived 2006 |
| Sectors | Pedigreed seed; contract growing; grain |
| Scale | About 7,000 acres, roughly half rented, with about 5,000 irrigated; 19 full-time staff |
| Why it is elite | 2023 Alberta Outstanding Young Farmers; 2014 Motherwell Award; 1998 Alberta Outstanding Young Farmers (Richard and Marian) |
| Ownership | Family: Richard and Marian Stamp with sons Greg, Nathan and Matthew |
| Official website | Bayer Crop Science Canada profile of Stamp Seeds |
History of Stamp Seeds
Richard and Marian Stamp began growing a small amount of pedigreed seed in the late 1980s. The business was inactive by the early 2000s, and Greg and Sarah Stamp revived it after returning to the family farm in 2006, starting from about 500 acres.
Growth followed steadily. Greg and Sarah bought a 20 percent stake in the farm in 2010, when brothers Nathan and Matthew also joined. In 2014 they bought Greg's uncle's farm along with his seed business and other nearby farms, and later built their own seed cleaning facility, fully equipped by 2021.
Recognition spans two generations. Richard and Marian were named Alberta's Outstanding Young Farmers in 1998 and received the Motherwell Award in 2014 for their long service to the program. In 2023 the next generation, Greg, Sara, Nathan and Matthew with their parents, were named Alberta's Outstanding Young Farmers.
What Stamp Seeds Grows and Raises
Stamp Seeds produces pedigreed seed of hard white and winter wheat, flax, faba beans and hybrid rye, along with other crops such as barley, spelt, peas, lentils, grass and hybrid canola seed. The operation also multiplies stock seed for roughly 1,500 customers and offers contract growing.
Irrigation underpins the program. About 5,000 of the farm's acres are irrigated and the rest are dryland. The farm employs 19 full-time workers plus seasonal staff.
The family hosts crop tours, is a part owner of SeedNet, a group of independent seed growers supplying more than 40 retailers across the Prairies, and offers a seed production management service.
How Stamp Seeds Makes Money
Pedigreed seed sales
Seed is supplied to large seed firms under contract and sold directly to farmers, retail and wholesale. Revenue figures are not published.
Contract growing and stock seed multiplication
The family multiplies stock seed and grows under contract for other companies and customers, which spreads risk across several buyers.
Services and cleaning
Their own cleaning facility and seed production management service add value beyond the field. Part ownership of SeedNet extends their reach to retailers across the Prairies.
Farm Insight: What Other Operators Can Learn from Stamp Seeds
The first lesson is that seed adds value to commodity acres. Pedigreed seed, a dedicated cleaning plant and direct relationships with farmers allowed the Stamps to earn more from the same land base than straight grain would.
The second is staged succession. The younger generation bought into the farm in steps, from a 20 percent stake in 2010 to acquiring a relative's operation in 2014, while the parents stayed involved. Irrigation and diversified crops also reduce weather risk, and network-building through SeedNet and crop tours multiplies marketing reach.
It takes a certain optimism to build a business around a seed that has not sprouted yet, and the Stamp family have built an entire company on it. At farm.FM, our farm satire writers admire a family that holds crop tours and sells to customers from coast to coast, with sibling harmony apparently intact. Farm humor in Enchant mostly writes itself, because the town name is already an invitation. Our ranch humor and farm jokes about faba beans will stay affectionate, because the Stamps know exactly what a faba bean is worth.
For context, farm.FM is the nation's first satirical farm site and the home of Tractor Tunes, country music for farmers. Its contributors each keep an archive, and this one is a good sampler of ranch humor and farm jokes.
How to Contact Stamp Seeds
Website: https://www.cropscience.bayer.ca/articles/farmforum/stamp-seeds-booming-success-had-a-modest-start
The profile notes that the company has a website, but the address was not found in the sources reviewed. The page above is a published profile of Stamp Seeds at Enchant, Alberta; confirm contact details and visit arrangements directly with the company.
Stamp Seeds Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- Stamp Seeds: booming success - Bayer Crop Science Canada profile
- Stamps honoured with Motherwell Award - Grainews coverage of Richard and Marian Stamp
- Stamp family: 2023 Outstanding Young Farmers - Farms.com announcement of the Alberta winners
- Alberta Irrigation Information 2022 - Alberta government report on irrigation districts, acres irrigated and crops grown
- Statistics Canada: Canadian Agriculture at a Glance (2021 Census) - Alberta farm counts, farm area, technology use and succession planning from the 2021 Census of Agriculture
Stamp Seeds FAQ
Where is Stamp Seeds?
It is at Enchant, Alberta, about 150 km southeast of Calgary.
What does Stamp Seeds produce?
Pedigreed seed of wheat, flax, faba beans, hybrid rye and other crops, plus contract growing.
How large is the farm?
About 7,000 acres, roughly half rented, with about 5,000 irrigated.
What honours has the family won?
Alberta's Outstanding Young Farmers in 2023, and the Motherwell Award in 2014 for Richard and Marian.
Stamp Seeds shows how irrigation, seed quality and family succession can combine into a regional leader. See our Alberta farms guide for more on irrigation, credit and markets.