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John McCaw ( six foot in his slippers) stands in a paddock of Provider Peas at Sheffield. Forage peas are versatile crops which can be grown on their own or partnered with a forage cereal to produce high yielding and high feed-quality cereal silage. Sown on their own, forage peas can yield up to 18 tonnes of dry matter per hectare and when sown in a cereal combination,...

Valued staff member Gaynor Hurford recently celebrated a significant birthday milestone, and her office was suitably decorated to recognise such an auspicious occasion. Luisetti Seeds staff presented Gaynor with a beautiful throw, necklace and scarf in her favourite colours. Gaynor, who provides accounting support, began working for Luisetti Seeds 11 years ago, after...

Vincent Luisetti with potential new cereal cultivars in the Sejet green house.(2nd Stage of the double haploid breeding process) Vincent Luisetti has recently returned from a trip to visit Sejet, our Danish cereal breeding partner. Plant and Food Research, Luisetti Seeds and Sejet have been working together for over 25 years in what has been a very successful partnership....

NZGSTA Gladiators – George Gerard, Callum Davidson, Steve Pugh and Mark Frampton   The Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue Trust relies on donations to keep this service operating – it is not government funded. Everybody knows someone who has had to use this service. It could be the difference between life and death in a car crash, sports injury, hunting, tramping or...