EMPRESS BISCUIT WHEAT
The performance of the new Luisetti Seeds/Plant & Food Research biscuit wheat, Empress, has been a highlight of the 2012 harvest.
Empress (formerly known as CRWT157) offers greatly enhanced disease resistance compared to all other New Zealand biscuit wheats. Many outstanding yields have been achieved with Empress this season. A 9.2ha Mid Canterbury paddock, for example, yielded 140 tonne...
BOOMA BARLEY
Booma barley seed is available now from both Luisetti Seeds and Stapletons. We recommend Booma for Autumn and Winter sowing. Booma may also be sown in the spring on heavy land or under irrigation.
Booma has an extremely high potential yield, much of this yield potential comes from the number of grains (rather than grain size). Booma, therefore, performs best with early sowings in medium to...
NEW WINTER FEED WHEAT CRWT168
Available for the first time in 2012, CRWT168 feed wheat is the first New Zealand bred feed wheat for 15 years.
Bred at Lincoln by Andy Hay and his team at Plant & Food Research, CRWT168 has consistently out yielded all European feed wheats during development trials.
CRWT168 is an ‘early finisher’ which makes it especially suitable to medium or drier conditions. CRWT168 has excellent...
TROJAN RYEGRASS LOOKS PROMISING
Chris Earl, with Scott Black from Luisetti Seeds, in the new Trojan paddock
Trojan ryegrass with NEA2 endophyte has got off to a promising start for dryland sheep and beef farmer Chris Earl in the Scargill Valley.
He sowed Trojan last autumn, picking one of his better paddocks to compensate for the notoriously challenging local micro-climate, and seeking both improved feed quality and good DM...
CONQUEST CONQUERS
The new Premium milling wheat Conquest, licensed to Luisetti Seeds, has been well received by both millers and growers following last year’s successful milling evaluation and strong performance inc cultivar trials.
Conquest is proving to be a very consistent, low-risk cultivar for the industry in terms of yield and quality. Last year it performed well across a wide range of sowing dates,...