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Fortitude Barley Proves a Consistent Performer
Fortitude barley is proving to be a solid performer in Mark and Marthie Wright’s crop rotation.
This was the third year the Mid Canterbury farmers have harvested the cereal and this year it yielded 11.3t/ha and 11.8t/ha out of the two paddocks it was grown in. These paddocks were previously in maize and clover respectively. Mark and Marthie farm Lynmoor Farm, a 380ha mixed cropping and dairy...
CRBA 148 Barley impresses in trials and on-farm
Chris Morrish: Reinforcing what FAR trials found, Chris Morrish found CRBA 148 an easy crop to grow with high yields and minimal inputs.
After four years of Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) trials, Luisetti Seed’s spring-sown feed barley CRBA 148 is proving to be a consistently top performer in yield and test weight.
The barley was trialled by FAR on two dryland sites in the Manawatu,...
Virus resistant wheats being developed by the Luisetti Seeds/Plant and Food Research wheat breeding programme
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is a disease that can cause major yield losses in wheat. However, using a genetic tool called Marker Assisted Selection, staff working in the Luisetti Seeds/Plant and Food Research (PFR) wheat breeding programme have developed virus resistant breeding lines. The selected lines contain BYDV resistance (Bdv2) from crosses between Viceroy milling wheat and a Bdv2...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...