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Luisetti Seeds Father & Child Rugby Players Breakfast
The Mitre 10 Cup (National Provincial Championship) came out of the cabinet for the Luisetti Seeds Father & Child Rugby Players Breakfast. Not long afterwards, this cup disappeared somewhere up in the North Island!
Recently Luisetti Seeds held a Father & Child breakfast in association with Canterbury Rugby at their Headquarters at Rugby Park.
The boys and girls were presented...
Representative Honours for Uma
Leauma Tu’uga, tight hand prop (N:17), prepares to pack down against East Coast
Congratulations to Luisetti Ashburton staff member, Leauma Tu’uga, who has been selected to play for Mid Canterbury! Uma recently played his first representative match in the Mitre10 Heartland Championship against East Coast.
We’re proud to say Mid Canterbury won 56-7!
Mid Canterbury led 14-7 at half time, and...
Introducing Karen van Staden
Karen is the friendly voice that greets you when you call Luisetti Seeds.
Last month, we welcomed Karen van Staden to Luisetti Seeds as our new Office Administrator.
We move fast around here and Karen has had to hit the ground running – but she’s handled everything we’ve thrown at her with aplomb. Most days you will find Karen running the show from behind her desk in reception. When you call...
Actively manage sub clover pastures for low-cost production gains
Ewes and lambs grazing Antas sub clover and Kakariki white clover, Banks Peninsula
Subterranean (sub) clover is important in summer dry pastures. It has high feed value for lactating ewes and lambs, fixes nitrogen (about 25 kg N/tonne of clover DM), and improves grass palatability. In unirrigated summer dry pastures, sub clover offers the greatest potential for maximising your spring...
COUNTRY DOWN TOWN!
We’ve been much anticipating the traditional Town vs Country match here at Luisetti Seeds. Canterbury Country last held the trophy in 2009 but were determined the clash at Kaiapoi would see that drought broken.
Canterbury Country emerged victorious 3 – 20!
Brook Retallick gives the ball a mighty hoof to take Country to town.
Canterbury Metro, after nine years of straight victories were...
Combat resistant Ramularia Leaf Spot
Ramularia collo cygni leaf spotting on barley plants.
Ramularia collo-cygni is also called Ramularia Leaf Spot or Sprinkling necrosis of barley, even though it can attack a variety of host plants in addition to barley. In New Zealand we usually see it in barley and wheat, though the fungus can also host on oats, rye, and grasses.
Most winter and spring barley varieties are vulnerable to...
Promoting Beneficial Insects in Brassica Crop
A honey bee approaches a Phacelia flower. Image CC BY-SA 3.0 Rasbak Wikimedia Commons
Pest management has changed over the last few years. Not so long ago, the focus was on choosing the most potent insecticide for the pest you wanted rid of… even if it killed everything else as well. This was a simple approach based on immediate results. However, it’s become increasingly apparent that the...
Increase your productivity for young stock
We were delighted to see our Lucerne varieties featured in NZ Farm Life and Country Wide this year. We were especially delighted to see that Luisetti Seeds Agronomist Andrew Johnson has increased the productivity of one North Canterbury farm significantly through his recommendations – the farm reported their lambs had gained near double the weight on Luisetti forage crops, compared to those on...
Luisetti Seeds hits the catwalk!
What do you do with your empty seed sacks? Chantelle Reilly turned heads with hers. She made this stunning Flamenco dress out of three Luisetti seed sacks and fabric scraps from her Fabric Technology classroom. And best of all? The dress is completely functional! Chantelle enjoys Spanish dancing classes and has performed in her Luisetti dress.
Chantelle Reilly models her Flamenco dress, made...
Four Tips for a Great Lucerne Stand
Everett Thomas is an agronomist based in New York State. He has worked with Cornell University Cooperative Extension and the William Miner Agricultural Research Institute. He edits the Miner Institute’s Farm Report newsletter.
Reprinted with the kind permission of Agrimedia, New Zealand.
Article written by Everett Thomas (abridged)
LUCERNE IS TRULY ‘THE QUEEN OF FORAGE CROPS’, BUT CAREFUL...