
Luisetti Seeds “Paddock of the Year” winners announced.
Southbridge arable farmers Ian and Maree Lowery won this year’s Luisetti Seeds “Paddock of the Year” competition with an outstanding crop of Forage Tall Fescue.
Luisetti Seeds’ agronomist Shane King, says the crop yielded a healthy 2.259kg’s per hectare machine dressed, and returned an impressive $7,013 per hectare.
The Forage Tall Fescue is a first-year overseas multiplication crop, that went...

Canterbury Sub Union finals provide excitement and a tight score board
Mid Canterbury
Peter Ayers presents the Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup to captain of the Rakaia team, Jackson Dolan
This season’s rugby competitions drew to a close with the three Canterbury Sub Union finals showcasing provincial rugby at its best.
Mid Canterbury’s Watters Cup was contested by Rakaia and Methven on July 20. Rakaia were the victors, winning by 19-12 in extra time.
Luisetti Seeds’...
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...
Luisetti Seeds 2018 Paddock of the Year
Luisetti Seeds would like to congratulate Jan Lepoutre, his parents and brother Gurt on winning the Luisetti Seeds paddock of the year with an excellent crop of tetraploid perennial ryegrass. Jan and his family farm approximately 1000 hectares between Dorie and Rakaia.
The ryegrass was a tetraploid forage perennial which Luisetti Seeds multiply for a Japanese company. The paddock
was planted...