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Rahu Ryecorn is a fast-establishing, cold-tolerant cereal bred for reliable winter and early spring feed across New Zealand. Known for its vigorous early growth, strong rooting, and adaptability, Rahu provides dependable feed when pasture growth is limited.
As a true dual-purpose cereal, Rahu is ideal for early grazing, greenfeed, silage, or grain production. Its strong performance in cool, marginal soils and excellent disease resistance make it a valuable option for short-term winter cropping, pasture renewal, or soil improvement
Sowing Rate: 120-180kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Reliable Winter Feed: Consistent growth through cold months when pastures slow down.
- Fast Feed Supply: Quick establishment provides early grazing opportunities.
- Soil Health Boost: Improves soil structure and organic content for following crops.
- Drought & Frost Resilient: Stays productive in challenging conditions.
- Weed Suppression: Dense canopy shades out competing weeds.
- Versatile Management: Fits well into crop rotations or as a break crop.
- Suitable for multi graze use.
HIGH-PERFORMING RYE AND CLOVER PASTURE MIX
The Wesco Rye Clover Mix is one of the best-performing and most versatile rye-clover combinations on the market. Featuring a guaranteed 20% Saxon Perennial Ryegrass, this mix provides a strong, balanced base for both short- and long-term pasture systems. It’s designed to deliver dependable growth, high feed value, and a solid permanent pasture foundation.
This Mix contains: Perennial Ryegrass (mixed varieties) 50% / Saxon Perennial Ryegrass 20% / Italian Ryegrasses 20% / White Clover 10%
| Persistence | 3-5 Years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate | 27 - 32 kg per hectare |
| Best used for | Grazing / Oversowing |
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Reliable Feed Supply: Produces consistent, high-quality feed through the main growing seasons.
- Excellent Pasture Persistence: The Saxon component adds strength and durability under frequent grazing.
- Quick to Establish: Ideal for pasture renovation or creating a strong base in new sowings.
- All-Round Versatility: Suitable for most regions and farming systems in New Zealand.
Mustard is a fast-growing, multi-purpose brassica crop widely used across New Zealand as a bio-fumigant, green manure, and soil-conditioning species. It is highly effective at suppressing soil-borne pests and diseases, improving soil structure, and providing quick canopy cover between cash crops or pastures.
With its rapid establishment, deep taproot, and high biomass production, Mustard is an excellent choice for short-term cover cropping, soil health improvement, or rotational grazing.
Sowing Rate: 1-3kg per hectare in a mix
Key benefits
- Type: Cool-season annual brassica for soil improvement, cover, and forage.
- Fast Establishment: Germinates and covers ground within 3–5 weeks.
- Bio-fumigant Properties: Natural glucosinolates help suppress nematodes, weeds, and soil diseases.
- Deep Taproot System: Breaks up compaction and improves aeration and drainage.
- Flexible Sowing Window: Suitable for spring, summer, or autumn sowing.
Maxum Oats is a high-performing, dual-purpose oat variety bred for outstanding early growth, yield, and feed quality. Ideal for autumn and winter feed production, Maxum provides quick establishment and vigorous tillering, making it an excellent choice for both greenfeed and silage systems.
With its excellent adaptability to a wide range of New Zealand conditions, Maxum offers farmers reliable performance in cooler months when feed is most needed. Its high tiller density, disease tolerance, and consistent quality make it a preferred option for boosting feed supply and maintaining stock performance through winter.
Sowing Rate: 120-130kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Fast Feed Supply: Provides early, high-quality feed for stock when pasture growth slows.
- Reliable Winter Production: Consistent performance under cool and variable conditions.
- High Animal Performance: Leafy, digestible forage supports weight gain and milk production.
- Soil Protection: Dense canopy reduces erosion and suppresses weeds.
- Versatile Use: Suitable for greenfeed, silage, or grain harvest depending on management.
- Fits Rotation Systems: Ideal as a short-term winter crop or break crop before summer pasture renewal.
PREMIUM LOW-SUGAR, RYEGRASS-FREE HORSE PASTURE MIX
Horse Master Plus is the ultimate high-fibre, low-sugar horse pasture mix, developed specifically for New Zealand horses and their owners. This blend eliminates ryegrass and clover - reducing the risk of health and behavioural issues - and replaces them with carefully selected, digestible, and mineral-balanced forage species that promote calmness, soundness, and condition
This Mix contains: Cocksfoot 25% / Grazing Brome 25% / Tall Fescue 15% / Prairie Grass 13% / Timothy Perennial Grass 10% / Brown Top 4% / Creeping Red Fescue 4% / Fog Grass 4%
| Persistence | Up to 5 years |
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| Sowing rate | 35kg per hectare |
- Calmer, more focused horses due to steady energy intake.
- Improved digestive function and pasture utilisation.
- Reduced risk of laminitis, colic, and sugar-related conditions.
- Balanced mineral and fibre profile for long-term equine health.
FINE, DARK GREEN TURF RYEGRASS
Houston Turf Ryegrass is a premium, fine-leaved perennial ryegrass bred specifically for lawns and turf areas where appearance, colour, and manageable growth are key. It combines fast establishment with slow regrowth, resulting in a lush, dark green lawn that’s easy to maintain.
Sowing Rate: 30-35g per sqm
Key benefits
- Ideal for home lawns, sports fields, and landscape applications.
- Excellent compatibility in mixes with fescues and browntop.
- Provides year-round colour and density.
- Low-maintenance, high-appearance option for professional turf finish.
Blue Lupins are a high-protein legume crop widely used in New Zealand for green manure, forage, and grain production. Known for their strong nitrogen fixation, deep rooting, and adaptability, they’re an excellent option for improving soil fertility, breaking disease cycles, and producing high-quality animal feed.
With their tolerance to acidic soils and ability to grow in cooler regions, Blue Lupins are a reliable choice for both cropping and pasture systems. They are particularly valuable in mixed rotations, providing both soil and stock feed benefits.
Sowing Rate: 5-25kg per hectare in a mix | 100-120kg per hectare on it's own
Key benefits
- Nitrogen Fixation: Adds 80–150 kg N/ha to the soil through strong nodulation.
- Deep Root System: Improves soil structure and accesses subsoil nutrients.
- Adaptability: Performs well in lighter, low-fertility, or acidic soils.
- High Protein Content: 22–30% crude protein for animal feed or silage.
- Good Cold Tolerance: Suitable for autumn or spring sowing in cooler climates.
- Weed Suppression: Dense canopy reduces weed competition.
The Tri-Blend Red Clover Mix combines three of New Zealand’s top-performing red clover cultivars - Paeroa, Hamua, and Relish - to deliver exceptional feed quality, persistence, and seasonal balance.
Mix Contains: 50% Paeroa Red Clover, 30% Hamua Red Clover, 20% Relish Red Clover
| Persistence | 3-5 Years |
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| Sowing rate |
2-4kg per hectare in a mix |
- Balanced Leaf and Growth Type: Combines both erect and semi-prostrate red clover types for superior regrowth and adaptability.
- High Feed Value: Excellent digestibility and energy, ideal for finishing lambs or boosting milk production.
- Strong Nitrogen Fixation: Improves soil fertility naturally, reducing the need for synthetic fertiliser.
- Improved Persistence: The inclusion of Relish provides disease resistance and durability under rotational grazing.
- Excellent Regrowth: Paeroa and Hamua varieties promote vigorous spring and summer recovery after cutting or grazing.
The Tri-Blend White Clover Mix combines three proven white clover varieties — Pinnacle, Hardy, and Huia — to create a balanced, high-performing legume base for permanent pastures. Each variety contributes its unique strengths to improve nitrogen fixation, grazing tolerance, and feed quality.
Mix Contains: 50% Pinnacle White Clover, 25% Hardy White Clover, 25% Huia White Clover
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
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| Sowing rate |
2-4kg per hectare in a mix |
- Enhances Pasture Longevity: Extends productive life of pasture through consistent regrowth and resilience.
- Boosts Animal Performance: High protein and digestibility improve liveweight gain and milk production.
- Supports Sustainable Farming: Reduces reliance on synthetic nitrogen and improves soil fertility naturally.
- Complements All Grass Species: Perfect for mixing with perennial ryegrass, fescue, or cocksfoot-based swards.
- Reliable Across Regions: Proven performance from coastal to inland hill country conditions.
The Forage Peas & Maxum Oat Mix is a high-bulk, high-protein feed option ideal for silage or whole crop systems. This reliable mix combines the protein-rich Forage Peas with Maxum Oats to produce exceptional feed volume and nutritional value, perfect for dairy, beef, or sheep operations.
Excellent Bulk Feed: Produces a dense, high-yielding crop capable of reaching up to 1.5 metres in height.
Fast Maturity: Typically ready for harvest 90 days after sowing, providing a quick turnaround feed solution.
Soil Benefits: Peas improve soil nitrogen levels, enhancing fertility for following crops.
This Mix contains: Forage Peas 60% / Maxum Oats 40%
Sowing Rate: 200kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Efficient Feed Production: Combines protein and energy for optimal animal performance and weight gain.
- Rapid Growth Cycle: Provides a fast, high-output crop for silage or grazing.
- Soil Fertility Booster: Natural nitrogen fixation from peas benefits long-term paddock productivity.
- Flexible Cropping Option: Suited for both stand-alone forage production and inclusion in crop rotations.
LOW-COST RYEGRASS MIX NZ
The Nui / Pinnacle Mix is a reliable, high-quality perennial pasture blend designed for consistent performance, strong establishment, and excellent feed quality. It combines Nui perennial ryegrass, one of New Zealand’s most proven and widely used ryegrasses, with Pinnacle white clover to deliver a balanced mix of yield, persistence, and nutritional value.
This Mix contains: Nui Ryegrass 90% / Pinnacle White Clover 10%
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
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| Sowing rate | 27 - 32 kg per hectare / 20kg/hectare for oversowing |
| Best used for | Grazing / Oversowing |
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Affordable Pasture Renewal: Perfect for farmers looking to improve feed availability on a budget.
- Improved Feed Value: Clover inclusion enhances protein levels and soil nitrogen for sustained growth.
- Trusted Genetics: Nui’s long history of use in New Zealand farming ensures dependable results under grazing.
- Low Input, High Return: A simple, practical mix for ongoing pasture maintenance and feed reliability.
LONG-LASTING PERENNIAL RYEGRASS & CLOVER MIX
The Saxon Performance Mix is a high-output, multi-component pasture blend designed to deliver exceptional persistence, resilience, and feed quality across diverse New Zealand farming systems. Dominated by Saxon Perennial Ryegrass (72%), this mix provides outstanding longevity and regrowth potential, complemented by Italian ryegrasses, high-sugar components, and white clovers for enhanced palatability and nutritional value.
This blend supports strong seasonal performance, from rapid establishment through winter and spring to high-quality summer feed, with optional additions of Chicory and Plantain to boost mineral uptake and animal health.
This Mix contains: Saxon Perennial Ryegrass 72% / Rocket Grass Diploid Italian 10% /
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
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| Sowing rate | 27 - 32 kg per hectare |
| Best used for | Grazing / Oversowing |
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Persistence: Performs year after year under both rotational and set-stocking systems.
- High Feed Quality: Combines energy-rich grasses and protein-dense clovers for improved liveweight gain and milk production.
- Soil Health & Fertility: High clover inclusion boosts nitrogen fixation, reducing the need for synthetic fertiliser inputs.
- Strong Sward Structure: Dense tillering and deep roots enhance resilience under heavy grazing and variable conditions.
Phacelia is a fast-growing, multi-purpose cover crop valued for its ability to improve soil health, attract pollinators, and support beneficial insects. It is highly adaptable across New Zealand farming systems and is ideal for use as a green manure, soil conditioner, or biodiversity enhancer in both cropping and pasture rotations.
With its fine fibrous roots and rapid canopy cover, Phacelia helps reduce erosion, suppress weeds, and enhance soil structure. Its striking purple flowers make it a standout species for encouraging bees and beneficial insects, improving pollination in surrounding crops.
Sowing Rate: 1-3kg per hectare in a mix
Key benefits
- Fast Establishment: Germinates rapidly and covers soil within 4–6 weeks.
- Flowering Period: Produces abundant purple-blue blooms over 6–8 weeks.
- Soil Health Benefits: Fibrous roots build structure and improve aeration.
- Attracts Pollinators: Highly attractive to bees, hoverflies, and other beneficials.
- Adaptable: Performs well in a range of soil types and climates.
- Non-Brassica: Safe to include in rotations with brassicas or other broadleaf crops.
Forage Peas are a high-value, high-biomass legume crop selected for its excellent forage quality, strong nitrogen fixation, and versatility in mixed feed and silage systems. This is well suited to New Zealand conditions and (when properly managed) delivers both high feed value and soil fertility benefits.
Sowing Rate: 200-250kg per hectare
Key benefits
- High Feed Quality: Delivers legume-rich feed with elevated protein levels which support animal performance and complement cereal forages.
- Soil Fertility & Rotation Value: Adds nitrogen to the system and breaks cereal disease cycles, improving long-term productivity.
- Flexible Use & Improved Feed Balance: Whether used solo or in a mix, the pea component improves palatability, digestibility and feed value of the crop.
- Supports Silage & Baleage Systems: When paired with cereals, it aids in achieving high dry matter yield and consistent feed quality.
Vetch is a fast-growing annual legume ideal for greenfeed, silage, hay, or green manure across New Zealand farming systems. It establishes quickly, fixes high levels of nitrogen, and produces high-quality, protein-rich forage during autumn, winter, and spring.
As a versatile and dependable crop, Standard Vetch performs well either as a stand-alone legume or in mixtures with cereals such as oats, barley, or ryecorn. Its ability to improve soil fertility, suppress weeds, and provide valuable animal feed makes it a key component in mixed or rotational farming systems.
Sowing Rate: 3-10kg per hectare in a mix | 50-60kg per hectare on it's own
Key benefits
- High-Protein Feed: Excellent energy and protein balance for cattle, sheep, and deer.
- Improves Soil Fertility: Fixes nitrogen naturally, reducing fertiliser requirements.
- Soil Structure Enhancement: Deep roots increase soil porosity and organic matter.
- Weed Control: Strong early growth outcompetes winter weeds.
- Flexible Management: Can be grazed, cut, or incorporated as green manure.
Buckwheat is a fast-growing summer crop valued for its rapid canopy development, weed suppression, and soil health benefits. It establishes quickly in warm conditions, providing an excellent short-term cover or green manure crop between spring and autumn plantings.
As a non-grass, broadleaf species, Buckwheat is ideal for crop rotations to break disease cycles, improve soil structure, and enhance nutrient availability - particularly phosphorus. It’s also highly attractive to pollinators and beneficial insects, making it a valuable addition to regenerative and sustainable farming systems.
Sowing Rate: 5-15kg per hectare in a mix | 50-60kg per hectare on it's own
Key benefits
- Type: Fast-growing summer cover and soil-improvement crop.
- Rapid Establishment: Emerges and covers soil within 3–5 weeks of sowing.
- Short Growth Cycle: Ready for incorporation or harvest in 6–10 weeks.
- Weed Suppression: Dense canopy outcompetes weeds and shades the soil.
- Soil Health Benefits: Excellent at mobilising phosphorus and building organic matter.
- Attracts Pollinators: Abundant flowering supports bees and beneficial insects.
- Frost Sensitive: Best grown during warm months (late spring to early autumn).
- Non-Grass Species: Breaks disease and pest cycles in cereal-dominant systems.
Tonic Plantain is one of New Zealand’s most widely used and proven pasture herbs. Bred by AgResearch, it delivers exceptional feed quality, strong seasonal growth, and outstanding animal performance across sheep, beef, and dairy systems.
Tonic provides highly palatable, mineral-rich forage that maintains growth through dry conditions, making it a key component in both specialist finishing systems and long-term mixed pastures.
| Persistence | Up to 4 years |
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| Sowing rate |
1-2kg per hectare in a mix |
- Extends Feed Supply: Provides high-quality feed during late spring, summer, and autumn when ryegrass slows.
- Enhances Animal Health: Supports mineral balance and rumen function; bioactive compounds may reduce internal parasite impacts.
- Complements Clover & Grass Pastures: Adds diversity and resilience to ryegrass-clover systems.
- Improves Soil & Water Use Efficiency: Deep root system captures nutrients and water from lower soil profiles.
Sorghum is a warm-season, high-yielding forage hybrid designed to produce bulk feed rapidly. It thrives in full sun and warm soil conditions, and is especially suitable for summer grazing or silage when perennial pastures are under pressure from heat and dry conditions.
Plant when soil temperature is 15-16C and rising.
Grows in low rainfall areas.
Sowing Rate: 35kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Provides a strong feed option during summer feed gaps or when pasture growth has declined.
- Supports high-stocking systems by delivering bulk feed quickly.
- Helps maintain feed supply and animal performance in warm or dry-season conditions.
PERSISTENCE WITH PERFORMANCE
Balanced Grass Base: Combines Saxon Perennial Ryegrass with Matrix Diploid Perennial and Active Long Rotation Hybrid for strong persistence and seasonal flexibility.
High-Performing Legumes: A blend of Pinnacle & Hardy White Clover and Paeroa & Hamua Red Clover ensures good nitrogen fixation, improved feed quality, and consistent regrowth.
Nutritive Herbs: Drover Plantain and Sargent Chicory support animal health through deep-rooted mineral uptake and excellent palatability.
Hardy & Persistent: Includes Matrix, a proven perennial ryegrass known for its strong tillering, durability, and ability to perform under pressure
This Mix contains: Saxon Perennial Ryegrass 44% / Matrix Perennial Ryegrass20% / Cantina Tetraploid Perennial Ryegrass 10% / Paeroa Red Clover 8%/ Pinnacle White Clover 6% / Hardy White Clover 6% / Drover Plantain 3% / Sargent Chicory 3%
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
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| Sowing rate | 27 - 32 kg per hectare |
| establishment speed | Medium |
| Best used for | Grazing |
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Ideal for Sheep, Beef & Deer: Supports rapid liveweight gain and quality milk production.
- Enhanced Soil & Animal Health: Deep tap roots from plantain and chicory help access subsoil nutrients and minerals, boosting trace elements like calcium, magnesium, sodium, copper, and selenium.
- Quality Nutrition Year-Round: High-sugar ryegrasses and nutrient-rich legumes deliver digestible energy and carbohydrates for optimum animal performance.
- Sustainable Pasture System: Legume content improves soil fertility naturally, reducing nitrogen fertiliser needs.
Sargent Chicory is a high-quality perennial herb bred in New Zealand for superior animal performance, persistence, and adaptability across a wide range of farming systems. It produces exceptional summer and autumn growth, providing highly palatable, nutrient-dense forage that supports animal health, weight gain, and milk production.
Sargent’s strong root system gives it excellent drought tolerance and regrowth ability, making it a valuable component in both finishing and dairy systems.
We recommend grazing when the Chicory is around 15-20cm high so the tap root is well established to prevent pulling
| Persistence | Up to 2 Years |
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| Sowing rate |
2-4kg per hectare in a mix |
- High Feed Quality: Rich in energy, protein, and minerals - ideal for lamb finishing, beef weight gain, and milk solids production.
- Deep Taproot: Accesses subsoil moisture and nutrients, allowing strong performance during summer dry conditions.
- Persistent and Productive: Bred for improved longevity and regrowth compared to older chicory varieties.
- Fast Establishment: Quick to germinate and reach grazing height, ideal for spring or early autumn sowing.
- Improves Animal Health: Naturally high in trace elements (calcium, magnesium, copper, and zinc) and has anthelmintic properties that can reduce internal parasite burdens.
- Flexible Use: Can be sown as a pure stand, in a short-rotation herb mix, or as part of a long-term perennial pasture blend.
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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.
