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Legumes power Zino family’s farm operation
Subterranean clover helps drive exceptional pre-weaning lamb growth rates: Mark Zino with Luisetti Seeds North Canterbury agent Andrew Johnston in a lucerne paddock.
For the Zino family, subterranean clover is their competitive advantage.
It is this plant, that thrives on their farm’s silt loamy soils, that is the engine room of their business, driving lactation and lamb growth rates in that...
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...
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...
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...
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...