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Luisetti Seeds would like to congratulate Jan Lepoutre, his parents and brother Gurt on winning the Luisetti Seeds paddock of the year with an excellent crop of tetraploid perennial ryegrass. Jan and his family farm approximately 1000 hectares between Dorie and Rakaia. The ryegrass was a tetraploid forage perennial which Luisetti Seeds multiply for a Japanese company. The...

Edward Luisetti, presents the Luisetti Seeds CombinedCountry Cup to Waihora Captain; Matthew Stone The Luisetti Seeds Division 1 Championship final took place on Saturday 16th June. Waihora hosted Rakaia at Rhodes Park on a pitch that was in pretty good order considering the quantity of rain the area had recently experienced. Both teams came into the final with excellent...

Congratulations to our growers who were recently awarded prizes at the annual Wheat Growers awards. Luisetti Seeds varieties featured strongly with five different varieties being awarded prizes. Of note were: Slater Farms: 1st Premium Milling with Griffin (CRWT218) Maw-KG Farming: 2nd Premium Milling with Reliance Springwood Farm Ltd: 3rd Premium Milling with Duchess Perry...

Tāne Mahuta, a giant kauri tree in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Kauri dieback, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora agathidicida, is causing widespread deaths of kauri trees throughout northern New Zealand. It seriously threatens the survival of these trees and the ecosystem they dominate. Kauri dieback, which is incurable and fatal, was...

Ken Townley of Luisetti Seeds struggles to lift swedes grown by Jonathan Austin, Aroha Downs, Oxford Ken fails to dislodge a particularly large swede with a swift kick. Jonathan Austin has been growing swedes as a winter feed for a number of years at Aroha Downs, Viewhill, Oxford.  The swedes are break fed to cattle during the winter. Swede paddocks at Aroha Downs are...

Wheat contracts are available for all Luisetti Seeds cultivars for 2019 production.  We are particularly looking to contract Conquest wheat and biscuit wheat. We still have seed for our new high yielding premium wheat Griffin available for our growers. Please see your Luisetti Seeds Agronomist for further information on our cultivars and planting opportunities for 2019...