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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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
Forage Maize is a high-performance summer greenfeed maize blend developed for New Zealand farming systems. It combines several maize hybrids of varying maturities to deliver rapid establishment, high dry matter yield, and excellent feed value for dairy, beef, and deer operations.
Although not designed for ensiling as a dedicated silage maize, Forage Maize excels as a grazing or cut-and-carry crop, providing reliable, high-energy summer feed during periods of limited pasture growth.
Sowing Rate: 30-35kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Blend of Hybrids: Includes multiple maize maturities for season-long growth and yield stability.
- Rapid Establishment: Strong early vigour and reliable stand establishment under variable moisture conditions.
- High Dry Matter Yields: Typically produces 10–18 t DM/ha under good management.
- Deep Root System: Accesses subsoil moisture and nutrients, providing drought resilience.
- High Feed Quality: Leafy, palatable forage with excellent energy content for all livestock classes.
- Flexible Use: Suited to grazing or cut-and-carry systems.
Linseed is a versatile cool-season annual crop grown for its high-value oilseed and soil health benefits. It is increasingly used in New Zealand farming systems for rotation diversity, soil structure improvement, and as a valuable break crop between cereals and pasture.
With its fine fibrous roots, Linseed enhances soil tilth, reduces compaction, and improves moisture retention. Its short, fast-growing cycle also makes it suitable for mixed forage or cover crop programs
Sowing Rate: 2-4kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Fast Growth Cycle: Matures in 90–120 days depending on conditions.
- Deep, Fine Root System: Improves soil structure and water infiltration.
- Break Crop Benefits: Reduces cereal disease pressure and improves rotation diversity.
- Drought Tolerant: Performs well in low to moderate rainfall areas.
Venus Lucerne is a proven, high-performing Australian-bred variety selected for persistence, versatility, and feed quality under New Zealand conditions. With a semi-winter-active dormancy rating (5), Venus delivers an ideal balance between strong summer and autumn growth and dependable winter activity.
Its fine stems, dense leafy structure, and excellent disease tolerance make it a popular choice for farmers wanting a reliable lucerne that performs across a wide range of soil types and environments. Venus suits both grazing and conserved feed systems, offering consistent yields and exceptional forage quality year after year.
| Persistence | Up to 5 years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
12-16kg per hectare |
- Persistent Performer: Long stand life supported by disease tolerance and robust crowns.
- Excellent Animal Performance: High energy and protein levels for improved milk and meat production.
- Drought Resilient: Deep roots maintain growth and quality during dry conditions.
- Soil Health Improvement: Fixes nitrogen naturally, reducing fertiliser costs and enhancing soil fertility.
- Flexible Use: Suitable for grazing, hay, and silage, allowing management to match seasonal feed demands.
- Reliable Across Conditions: Proven performance across varying New Zealand climates and soil types
Hunter Leafy Turnip is a fast-growing, high-quality forage brassica bred in New Zealand to deliver rapid feed, excellent regrowth, and top animal performance. It combines the quick establishment of a turnip with the regrowth ability of forage rape, providing a flexible, multi-graze crop ideal for summer, autumn, and early winter feeding.
Hunter is renowned for its leafy, palatable canopy, high energy content, and ability to perform under dry, warm conditions
| Persistence | Up to 6 months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
4kg per hectare |
- Quick Feed Supply: Perfect for filling feed gaps or boosting summer and autumn growth.
- Multi-Graze Capability: Regrowth after grazing extends feed availability and crop value.
- High Stock Utilisation: Soft leaves and excellent palatability minimise waste.
- Supports Top Animal Performance: Energy-dense feed promotes strong growth and condition.
- Adaptable to Most Systems: Performs well in both dryland and irrigated environments.
- Ideal Break Crop: Excellent option between pasture rotations for soil renewal.
- Fast Establishment: Produces grazeable feed within 6–8 weeks of sowing.
Kingsford Rape is a high-yielding, leafy forage rape bred in New Zealand for strong regrowth, high feed value, and excellent stock utilisation. It’s one of the most versatile and proven brassicas, suitable for both summer and autumn feed or as a shoulder-season option between pasture rotations.
With rapid establishment and outstanding leaf production, Kingsford provides high-energy, palatable feed that livestock readily graze - ideal for lamb finishing, dairy supplementation, or beef systems.
| Persistence | Up to 9 months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
4kg per hectare |
- Fast Establishment: Germinates quickly and delivers quality feed within 8–10 weeks of sowing.
- High Leaf-to-Stem Ratio: Soft, leafy forage promotes excellent palatability and intake.
- Excellent Regrowth Potential: Can deliver 2–3 grazings under good management.
- High Feed Value: Typically ME 12–13 MJ/kg DM, with high protein and digestibility.
- Flexible Sowing Window: Can be sown spring through early autumn depending on region and feed requirements.
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.
Spineless Burr Medic is a winter-growing annual legume valued for its ability to thrive in dryland, lighter-soil, or lower-fertility environments where other legumes often fail. It establishes quickly, produces high-quality feed through winter and spring, and contributes significant nitrogen to companion grasses and subsequent crops.
Its burrs are spineless, making it safe for livestock and easy to manage compared to traditional burr medic types.
| Persistence | Up to 9 months, unless it self seeds |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
1-3kg per hectare in a mix |
- Rapid Establishment: Quick germination and early growth, even under cooler conditions.
- Excellent Self-Regeneration: Builds a persistent seed bank that allows re-establishment for multiple years.
- Drought Tolerant: Performs strongly in low rainfall or summer-dry conditions due to deep taproot.
- Good Feed Quality: High digestibility and protein levels ideal for finishing lambs and supporting winter growth.
- Effective Nitrogen Fixer: Improves soil fertility and supports companion species in mixed pastures.
Sheep's Burnett (Salad Burnet) is a hardy, stoloniferous perennial herb suited to pasture mixes for added diversity, surface cover and forage value. It performs well in temperate conditions, including on well-drained or lower-fertility soils, and can provide a long-term ground-cover component in mixed pastures.
| Persistence | Up to 5 Years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
1-3kg per hectare in a mix |
- Enhances pasture stability by providing an additional species / herb component for improved cover and less bare ground.
- Supports animal performance by offering a different forage type, which may improve intake and diet variety.
- Contributes to long-term pasture health: improved structure, diversity and resilience to stress (dry, grazing) when mixed with grasses and clovers.
- Particularly useful in mixes where herbs are desired to complement grasses and legumes rather than as a single major species.
Crimson Clover is a fast-establishing annual legume valued for its high nitrogen-fixing ability, rapid biomass production, and versatility in short-term pasture or fodder rotations. It has an upright growth habit, deep root structure and is particularly suited for autumn sowing in New Zealand, supporting early spring feed and soil fertility build.
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
2-4kg per hectare in a mix |
- Delivers rapid feed onset for grazing or cutting systems, helping bridge seasonal feed gaps (especially late winter to spring).
- Boosts pasture productivity and soil health by fixing atmospheric nitrogen and improving companion grass growth.
- Provides versatility: ideal either as part of a mix or as a short-term boost pasture component.
- Supports sustainable farming by reducing reliance on synthetic nitrogen fertilisers and improving overall pasture resilience
Persian Clover is a fast-growing annual legume that delivers high-quality feed through late winter and spring and can be used for grazing, hay or silage production. It is particularly suited to soils and environments where traditional perennial clovers may struggle, including wetter soils or crop-break situations
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
3-6kg per hectare in a mix |
- Delivers quality feed when needed: Supports stock growth in late winter/early spring periods when feed supply is often limited.
- Helps improve soil fertility: As a legume, it fixes nitrogen and supports companion grass growth.
- Offers versatility: Usable for grazing, hay, silage or as part of a pasture renewal strategy.
- Suitable for challenging paddocks: Works well in wetter soils, soils with lower fertility or as part of a crop-pasture rotation.
Relish Red Clover is a highly persistent, disease-resistant red clover bred specifically for New Zealand grazing conditions. It combines excellent feed quality with improved grazing tolerance and longevity compared to traditional red clovers. Relish performs exceptionally well in intensive sheep, beef, and dairy systems, delivering consistent production and high animal performance over multiple seasons.
Relish Red Clover is supplied Superstrike® treated only. Superstrike is an insecticide seed coating that helps protect seedlings from early insect pests while the crop establishes.
| Persistence | Up to 4 Years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
1-3kg per hectare in a mix |
- High Yielding: Produces exceptional dry matter yields across spring, summer, and early autumn.
- Excellent Grazing Tolerance: Unlike older red clovers, Relish withstands regular grazing while maintaining productivity.
- Superior Disease Resistance: Strong resistance to crown and root rots extends plant life and maintains performance.
- High Feed Quality: Leafy growth with high protein and energy levels supports fast weight gain and milk production.
- Strong Nitrogen Fixation: Contributes valuable nitrogen to the soil and companion grasses, enhancing overall pasture fertility.
Japanese Millet is a warm-season annual forage grass developed for rapid establishment and high-yield summer feed. It’s ideal for livestock systems needing fast strike, bulk feed, or multiple cuts in one season. Known for its drought tolerance and ability to produce up to 2–3 cuts for silage or grazing in the right conditions.
Japanese Millet is supplied fungicide treated. The fungicide helps protect seedlings from soil-borne diseases and damping-off while the crop establishes.
First cut or grazing can be around 45-60 days.
The minimum soil temperature for sowing is around 17C
Sowing Rate: 25-30kg per hectare for sowing down or broadcast
Key benefits
- Provides a quick feed source during summer when perennial pastures slow, helping fill feed gaps.
- Supports improved animal intake and performance thanks to its forage quality and palatability.
- Offers flexibility: can be used as a standalone short-term pasture or as part of a feed-crop rotation.
- Suitable for farmers looking for a fast-growing summer feed solution under warm conditions
Moata is an older but still widely used tetraploid Italian ryegrass in New Zealand. It establishes quickly, delivers high winter and spring growth, and offers excellent palatability. It is particularly suited for grazing or baleage systems and performs well across a range of soil and climatic conditions.
| Persistence | Up to 24 Months |
|---|---|
| endophyte | Nil |
| Sowing rate | 27-32kg per hectare |
| heading date | Late |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Enables fast feed production for grazing or baleage, ideal to bridge feed gaps.
- Delayed heading date means a longer period of high-quality leafy feed compared to earlier heading varieties.
- Strong palatability and intake support animal performance.
- Flexible use: suitable for beef, dairy or sheep systems in autumn sowing and early spring feed.
- Because of its adaptability, it provides a reliable option when establishing feed in variable soil or climatic conditions.
Tama Annual Ryegrass is a broad-leafed, erect-growing tetraploid annual ryegrass developed for rapid, high-quality feed production. It is particularly well suited to autumn sowing for winter grazing or baleage, offering excellent cold-season growth and high palatability.
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| endophyte | Nil |
| Sowing rate | 27-32kg per hectare |
| heading date | Mid |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Provides a quick, high-quality feed source when autumn sowing is possible - ideal to bridge feed gaps during winter and early spring.
- Stock-preferred feed type thanks to high palatability - likely to improve utilisation, intake and livestock performance.
- Extended leafy phase due to later heading, meaning more usable feed before seed-head formation.
- Suitable for systems where short-term high feed output is the goal rather than long-term pasture longevity.
Fascinate is a short-rotation, high-sugar annual Italian ryegrass developed for rapid establishment and high-yield bulk feed. It’s ideal for winter or early spring feed crops, silage or grazing. It performs well in a variety of soil types and offers excellent palatability.
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| endophyte | |
| Sowing rate | 30-35kg per hectare |
| heading date | Mid |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Provides a quick, high-yield feed option when you need to bridge feed gaps (winter/spring) or build feed fast.
- Supports efficient animal production: better palatability and nutritional value mean livestock can perform well.
- Flexible: usable for grazing or silage applications, and suitable as a short-term pasture or feed-crop component.
- Good value for short-term feed needs - less investment in long-term persistence, ideal for strategic sowing.
- High sugar content, converts nitrates to sugars faster than other annuals
Mohaka is a tetraploid hybrid ryegrass bred for New Zealand finishing, run-off, undersowing and supplementary pasture applications. It combines the vigour of Italian genetics with the persistence of perennial ryegrass, offering strong early growth, good winter and spring feed..
| Persistence | 2-3 Years |
|---|---|
| endophyte | AR1, AR128 |
| Sowing rate | 27-32kg per hectare |
| heading date | Late |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Provides high-quality feed early in the season and maintains production through into autumn.
- Ideal for 2-4 year pasture rotations or finishing runs where fast and dense feed is needed.
- Better persistence than standard Italian ryegrasses, reducing the need for very frequent re-sowing.
- Strong option for dairy, sheep or beef systems needing dependable feed with good animal uptake.
- With AR37 endophyte, offers improved resistance to key pests and improved sward longevity.
Nui is one of the most widely sown perennial ryegrass cultivars in New Zealand. It is valued for its reliable performance, good persistence, and adaptability across a broad range of soil and climatic conditions.
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
|---|---|
| endophyte | High, Nil |
| Sowing rate | 25-30kg per hectare |
| heading date | Early |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Proven reliability: Nui is a safe choice when you need a dependable pasture foundation rather than a specialised high-performance cultivar.
- Versatile across soil types and climatic zones in NZ.
- Cost-effective: As a widely adopted cultivar, seed and input costs tend to be reasonable and risk low.
- Good compatibility: Works well with clovers and herbs in mixed pastures, for farmers wanting a balanced base rather than maximum yield only.
HERB-RICH PASTURE MIX
The Diverse Meadow Mix is specially formulated for sustainable, healthy, and diverse farming systems. This mix promotes a more natural, meadow-style pasture that supports livestock health, soil vitality, and long-term productivity. With high-sugar ryegrasses, a balanced range of clovers, and a unique blend of Wesco Health Herbs, this mix creates a nutrient-rich forage environment ideal for animal well-being and balanced grazing.
This Mix contains: Saxon Perennial Ryegrass 40% / Fascinate Tetraploid Italian 10% / Matrix Diploid Perennial 10% / Cantina Tetraploid Perennial 10% / Crown Royal Cocksfoot 6% / Timothy 3% / Huia White Clover 3% / Pinnacle White Clover 3% / Paeroa Red Clover 4% / Lotus 2% / Sargent Chicory 4% / Drover Plantain 3% / Health Herbs (Parsley, Tansy, Sorrel, Salad Burnet) 2%
| Persistence | 4-5 Years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate | 28kg per hectare |
| Best used for | Grazing |
- Improved Livestock Health: Herbs and legumes supply essential minerals and natural health benefits for stock.
- High Feed Quality: Enhanced carbohydrate levels for better energy and production.
- Soil Regeneration: Deep-rooted species improve structure, aeration, and subsoil nutrient recycling.
- All-Season Productivity: Balanced growth across spring, summer, and autumn.
- Natural Pest & Worm Control: Tansy and other herbs assist with internal parasite reduction naturally.
RELIABLE LONG TERM PASTURE MIX
The Premium Sheep & Beef mix is a hardy, multi-species perennial pasture blend developed for areas with high insect pressure and dry conditions. it combines proven old school ryegrasses with deep- rooted, drought- tolerant species such as Crown royal cocksfoot and Drover Plantain, supported by productive clovers for feed quality and nitrogen fixation.
This Mix contains: Saxon Perennial Ryegrass 65% / Stamina Ryegrass 13% / Crown Royal Cocksfoot 8% / Hardy White Clover 8% / Paeroa Red Clover 3% / Drover Plantain 3%
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate | 27 - 32 kg per hectare |
| Best used for | Grazing / Hay / Silage |
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Ideal for Lamb fattening: Red and White clover combination enhances weight gain and feed conversion efficiency.
- Built for persistence: Withstands heavy grazing, low rainfall and insect pressure
- Excellent in dry conditions: Deep- rooted species like Plantain and Cocksfoot ensure reliable summer feed
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