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New Agricultural Chemical Manager brings a wealth of experience to the role
Brendan Morahan has joined Luisetti Seed’s Agricultural Chemical team bringing many years’ experience with him
Brendan Morahan joined Luisetti Seeds last month, bringing with him 25 years of experience working in the rural sector, with particular expertise in agri-chemicals. He started his career working for Greenfields in Waimate and over the years has gradually moved north, holding roles...
Catherine shines in performance trials
Our new premium two milling wheat, “Catherine”, was the stand-out performer in the Foundation for Arable Research’s (FAR) May-sown milling wheat Cultivar Performance Trials (CPT).
The annual FAR CPT trials are a truly independent test of cereal cultivars. Grown under commercial conditions at different sites across Canterbury, the cereals are therefore tested in a range of climates and soil...
The MCG Luisetti Seed connection
The perfect New Zealand Turf ryegrass pitch gives bowlers an edge.Photograph by Martin Hunter
The Boxing Day test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an entrenched and sacred part of Australian life. This iconic test match attracts a viewing audience of millions, many likely to be recovering from the previous day’s excesses.
The pitch and field have to be perfect, so it only seems natural...
Autumn-sown Fortitude barley offers flexibility and yield advantages
Our aptly-named Fortitude barley is proving to be a solid performer with growers valuing its ability to resist scald and produce good test weights and bushel weights.
This was reinforced in Fortitude’s results in the latest Foundation for Arable Research’s Cultivar Performance Trials where the barley’s yield across two Canterbury sites (Rakaia under irrigation and St Andrew’s dryland) exceeded...
Oat catch-crop benefits bottom-line and environment
Capturing the nitrogen accumulated in the soil in the wake of winter grazing, and using it to grow high-quality feed in spring, is good for business and the environment.
Early results from the first year of a Ministry of Primary Industries Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) project, which is looking at using catch crops to mitigate nitrate (N) leaching during winter forage grazing, has shown that...
We’re bringing a piece of history into the boardroom
In the years before we handled all our inward deliveries in bulk, the total harvest arrived at the Luisetti Seeds door in sacks. You can imagine what a big job it was unloading all those lorries each carrying 100 to 150 sacks. As the sacks were unloaded, they were individually branded, wheeled into a shed and stacked up. These sacks reached up to the roof and the men doing this hot and heavy...
Companion clover for top performing forage cultivars
Moa Persian clover seed grower John Redmond
Moa Persian Clover is a top flowering cool season annual legume which performs well as a companion clover. It is later flowering than other Persian clovers, enabling the plant to produce higher quality vegetative feed longer into the growing season. We recommend sowing Maimai Ryecorn at 100 kg to the hectare and Moa Persian Clover at 4kg to the...
Intimidator Oats used as a winter catch crop to reduce Nitrogen Leaching
Agronomist Jack Harnett with Intimidator Oats. A valuable catch-crop, Intimidator Oats have the ability to regrow after grassing, are frost tolerant and have higher protein levels than many other cereal.
Financially, winter grazing of forage crops can be a good source of income, but it comes with environmental costs. Negative impacts which need to be considered and managed include loss of soil...
Chris Tyson – Seed Manager
Seed Manager Chris Tyson
We’d like to welcome Chris Tyson to his new position as our new Seed Manager at Luisetti Seeds.
Chris will be stationed at the front desk and has taken over from the very long-serving Ken Townley who is now enjoying his third month of retirement.
Chris worked in the agricultural sector for 14 years before moving into the seed industry. His last on-farm position was...
Subterranean clover drives sheep production
Mark Zino uses subterranean clover as the basis of his pasture mixes.
The combination of sheep genetics and legumes such as lucerne and subterranean clover are the key drivers behind the Zino family’s high-performance sheep operation.
Based on 983ha effective flat land near Hawarden in North Canterbury, the Zino’s 3250 ewes are lambing an average of 148% and weaning 36-38kg lambs, with over...