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Luisetti Seeds Congratulates Miss Canterbury Best Shorn Ewe Hogget

Congratulations to Dick Frahm of Oxford, who won Miss Canterbury Best Shorn Ewe Hogget at the New Zealand Agricultural show!
Dick and Ann Frahm took home the red ribbon with their Poll Dorset ewe hogget. Their winning ewe was credited as being “outstanding for her breed” – a glowing commendation for their breeding efforts! Only the top six sheep on the day are eligible for the Miss...

Luisetti Seeds Lincoln University Plant Production Systems Award

A close relationship with those who support and guide the future minds of New Zealand’s agricultural sector, is a partnership that Luisetti Seeds values.
Four years ago, Dr Derrick Moot from Lincoln University approached seed companies to support students a Lincoln by rewarding excellence in their plant science papers. Luisetti Seeds already had a relationship with this programme as a...

Luisetti Seeds are saving the trees

Pallets stacked at a landfill site
Millions of wooden pallets go to landfill each year. All too often, they are thrown away after only one use.  Initiatives are kicking off all over New Zealand to keep pallets out of the landfill, and make fewer new pallets.
If it doesn’t sound like a big deal, think again! New Zealand manufactures and ships billions of single-use pallets annually – that’s...

IPM Pest Control in Fodder Brassicas

Understanding IPM and knowing your bugs, along with the selective insecticide Exirel®, can provide a lower cost, more sustainable Fodder brassica crop.
Luisetti Seeds agronomist Kerry Thomas uses a hand lens to monitor the crops and identify eggs of both pest and beneficial species, along with early juvenile stages, to help plan treatment application timing.
“IPM” stands for Integrated Pest...

Congratulations to Katie, Award of Distinction winner at the Plain English Awards!

Katie Haggath, with her Award of Distinction Finalist’s Trophy and Silver Certificate.
In September, Luisetti Seeds took on a new Communications Consultant, Katie Haggath. We’re delighted to congratulate Katie on her recent award. Katie received the silver prize in her category at the 2018 Plain English Awards.
The Plain English Awards celebrate New Zealand’s clearest communicators. The Awards...

Vincent Luisetti Awards 2018 Canterbury Rugby Women’s Sevens, Player of the Year.

Vincent announces Rebecca Todd is the Canterbury Rugby Women’s Sevens Player of the Year at the 2018 Canterbury Rugby Awards.
The Luisetti family have been involved with rugby in Rangiora as players, coaches, and administrators for 5 generations. In fact, Edward and Vincent’s great grandmother washed the jerseys for the North Canterbury team in her copper for 25 years! We have 5...

Sub Clover Reminder

Identify paddocks that need more sub clover now, and seed before the existing sub clover dies back as dry conditions set in.
If you have less than 1 sub clover plant every 2 metres, you’ll need to sow seed in January to increase your spring legume content.
Order your sub clover now ready for sowing in January, or talk to your Luisetti Seeds Agronomist for advice. You can compare our Antas and...

Armistice Day

New Zealand paused to reflect the sacrifice made by our soldiers 100 years after the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Almost every country town in New Zealand has a cenotaph recording the names of men and women who did not return. At the outbreak of the war New Zealand had a population of 1.1 million, just under 10% of the population...

Join our team: Machine Operator Ashburton

Machine Operator
Ashburton
Luisetti Seeds is a significant provider of grain and seed processing in the Canterbury region as well as supplying seed both nationally and internationally.  An opportunity has arisen for a Seed Cleaning Plant Operator at our Ashburton site.
Key responsibilities will include:

Operating a high output, modern, seed cleaning plant
General yard duties including...

Join our team: Sales Agronomist Mid Canterbury

Sales Agronomist
Mid Canterbury
Luisetti Seeds is a New Zealand family owned and operated company located in Rangiora and Ashburton.  Luisetti Seeds retail and wholesale grain and seed throughout New Zealand and around the world.
An opportunity has arisen for a Sales Agronomist to join our team.  The successful applicant will service a well-established client base in Mid Canterbury....