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Invitation Swede is a modern, high-yielding, yellow-fleshed swede bred for exceptional bulb quality, strong disease resistance, and winter reliability. With its high energy content and excellent palatability, Invitation delivers top animal performance and is a proven performer across New Zealand’s temperate and cooler farming regions.
This variety combines strong early growth, firm, smooth bulbs, and improved club root resistance, making it a smart choice for farmers seeking consistent, high-quality winter feed
Sowing Rate: 1-1.5kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Outstanding Feed Quality: High-energy yellow-fleshed bulbs for excellent live weight gain and animal condition.
- Strong Early Growth: Rapid establishment and canopy development provide early vigour and weed suppression.
- Excellent Palatability: Sweet, firm bulbs with smooth skin encourage full grazing and minimal waste.
- Disease Resistance: Improved tolerance to club root, dry rot, and mildew, offering dependable yield stability.
- Mid–Late Maturing: Around 200–230 days to grazing, ideal for mid- to late-winter feeding.
- Winter Hardiness: Maintains bulb integrity and feed quality through cold, wet winter conditions
Doon Major Swede is a proven, high-yielding yellow-fleshed swede bred in New Zealand for reliability, quality, and strong winter performance. It produces large, uniform bulbs with excellent disease resistance and high energy value - making it one of the most trusted swede varieties for winter grazing and feed conservation.
Doon Major’s adaptability and consistent production make it ideal for sheep, beef, and dairy systems throughout the country, particularly in cooler and higher rainfall regions.
180-200 days until grazing.
Sowing Rate: 1-2kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Reliable Winter Feed: Produces large volumes of high-energy feed when pasture growth is minimal.
- Excellent Animal Performance: High digestibility and palatability support weight gain and condition maintenance.
- Low Waste, High Utilisation: Firm bulbs and sweet flavour encourage full consumption.
- Adaptable Across Regions: Performs well in a wide range of New Zealand soils and climates.
- Efficient Land Use: Provides high DM returns per hectare for winter brassicas.
Coleor Kale is a high-yielding, late-maturing French-bred kale variety recognised for its exceptional winter hardiness, high leaf yield, and excellent disease tolerance. It’s an ideal choice for dairy, beef, and sheep farmers seeking a reliable, energy-dense feed source through the colder months.
Coleor produces a dense canopy of leafy forage with strong stem strength and high dry matter content, ensuring excellent animal utilisation and minimal wastage.
Sowing Rate: 4-5kg per hectare
Key benefits
- High Leaf Yield: Outstanding leaf-to-stem ratio, delivering soft, palatable feed with strong nutritional value.
- Superior Winter Hardiness: Performs exceptionally in cold, wet conditions; maintains leaf quality and yield through frost periods.
- Strong Disease Resistance: Demonstrates excellent tolerance to leaf spot, Alternaria, and powdery mildew.
- Late Maturity: Around 210–240 days from sowing to grazing - ideal for late winter or early spring feeding.
Sovereign Gold Kale (commonly known as Sov Gold Kale) is a high-yielding, leafy forage kale bred in New Zealand for exceptional winter performance and animal utilisation. It combines excellent feed quality, strong disease resistance, and winter hardiness, making it a top choice for farmers seeking reliable, high-energy winter feed for dairy, beef, and sheep systems.
With its high leaf-to-stem ratio and robust growth habit, Sovereign Gold delivers dense, palatable feed.
Sowing Rate: 4-5kg per hectare
Key benefits
- High Feed Quality: ideal for finishing lambs and maintaining dairy or beef condition.
- Exceptional Leaf-to-Stem Ratio: Produces abundant leafy feed with minimal fibre and wastage.
- Strong Winter Hardiness: Tolerates frost and adverse weather, maintaining leaf quality into late winter.
- Excellent Palatability: Livestock readily graze both leaves and softer stems, ensuring high utilisation.
- Improved Disease Resistance: Tolerant to club root and leaf spot, reducing crop loss risk.
Portland Kale is a high-yielding, winter-hardy forage kale bred for excellent stock performance and reliability across New Zealand conditions. It’s ideal for late autumn and winter feeding, providing a dense, high-quality feed source for dairy, beef, and sheep operations.
it is a medium stem variety with 150-200 days until grazing.
Sowing Rate: 5kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Reliable Winter Feed Source: Provides consistent, high-energy feed during the critical feed gap period.
- Supports Stock Condition: Ideal for wintering dairy cows, beef cattle, and ewes prior to lambing.
- Efficient Land Use: Delivers excellent dry matter production per hectare for low input cost.
- Resilient and Easy to Manage: Handles a wide range of soils and climates, and suits strip or break grazing.
- Improves Feed Planning: Can be integrated with follow-up crops or reseeding programmes for spring.
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We are a family-based business that lives and breathes farming. In 1937, we purchased our first family property for growing seed crops in North Canterbury. Four generations and 86 years later in 2023, we are still immersed in the industry.
We are a family-based business that lives and breathes farming. In 1937, we purchased our first family property for growing seed crops in North Canterbury. Four generations and 86 years later in 2023, we are still immersed in the industry.
