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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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
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
Subterranean clover is an annual-legume uniquely suited to dry, summer-stress and low-input pasture systems in New Zealand. It grows through autumn, winter and spring, then sets seed in early summer and dies. It is specially valuable in areas where perennial clovers struggle with summer dryness
| Persistence | 1 year+ if it is able to self seed |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
4-6kg per hectare in a mix |
- Enhances pasture productivity and animal performance in dryland systems where other legumes fail.
- Contributes nitrogen to the pasture system, helping companion grasses grow better and improving overall sward quality.
- Cost-effective legume option in marginal or hill country pastures, due to its self-reseed ability and adaptation to tough conditions.
- Helps diversify pastures, reduce risk of legume failure and support resilient pasture systems.
Balansa Clover is a high-performing annual legume adapted to New Zealand conditions. It’s especially suited for autumn sowing, wet or heavy soils, and for producing large volumes of high-quality feed in late winter and spring. It naturally reseeds under favourable conditions, giving excellent flexibility for rotational or short-term pasture systems.
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
2-4kg per hectare in a mix |
- Adds nitrogen to pasture systems, boosting companion grass growth and reducing fertiliser reliance.
- Performs where conventional legumes struggle (e.g., heavy soils or wetter zones), improving paddock productivity.
- Its capacity to self-reseed offers cost-effective pasture renewal or alternative to full re-sowing in appropriate conditions.
- Highly palatable forage supports livestock growth, making it valuable in sheep, beef and mixed systems.
Arrowleaf Clover is a winter/early-spring annual legume known for high-quality feed and strong nitrogen-fixing ability. With its large leaflets and upright growth habit, it delivers excellent palatability and digestibility, making it a strategic choice for grazing or cut-and-carry systems.
| Persistence | Up to 9 Months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate |
3-6kg per hectare in a mix |
- Provides high-quality feed early in the season, supporting livestock performance when pasture growth is limited.
- Helps reduce fertiliser nitrogen inputs by fixing nitrogen naturally, improving overall pasture fertility.
- Helps bridge the feed gap in spring when other species may have matured or slowed.
- Works well as a strategic component in crop-pasture rotations or short-term renewal swards.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
Savvy Cocksfoot is a high-yielding, very productive perennial cocksfoot cultivar developed for New Zealand dryland and summer-stress environments. It is characterised by soft leaves, long leaf length, and a significantly reduced seed-head production under grazing (low aftermath heading) - meaning it stays leafy and palatable longer.
| Persistence | 5+ Years |
|---|---|
| endophyte | Nil |
| Sowing rate |
2-3kg per hectare in a mix |
| heading date | Mid |
| Best used for | Grazing, Hay, Silage |
- Excellent autumn and winter production with strong spring and summer growth in dryland or heat-stress conditions.
- Soft, leafy growth habit with a long leaf length and tiller structure well-suited for cattle and sheep grazing.
- Low seed-head development under grazing, improving palatability and feed utilisation.
- Strong disease tolerance and good performance in lower fertility soils.
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.
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.
SOIL HEALTH SEED MIX
The N Boost Cover crop Mix is an excellent option for improving soil fertility and structure in cropped or depleted paddocks. It’s particularly suited to planting between maize rotations, providing valuable grazing, green manure, and nitrogen-fixing benefits while protecting the soil surface.
This Mix contains: Maxum oats 60% / triticale 27% / vetch 7% / radish 4% / crimson clover 3%
| Persistence | 3 Months |
|---|---|
| Sowing rate | 75kg per hectare |
| Best used for | Soil Health, Grazing & Silage |
- Improves soil fertility and structure in cropped or worn paddocks.
- Adds organic matter and improves soil biology.
- Reduces erosion and nutrient loss between main crops.
- Provides a short-term grazing or cut-and-carry option.
- Supports long-term soil sustainability and productivity.
HIGH- YEILDING FORAGE MIX
The Kingsford Rape & Italian Ryegrass Mix is a superbly balanced combination of high-yielding forage species designed to deliver exceptional feed quality and grazing performance. This mix offers rapid growth, strong palatability, and improved animal health through a natural balance of energy and protein.
This Mix contains: Rocket diploid Italian ryegrass 25% + Kingsford rape 10%
Sowing Rate: 20kg per hectare
Key benefits
- Improved Animal Performance: The synergy between rape and Italian ryegrasses enhances feed energy and digestibility.
- High Feed Yield: Produces dense, leafy forage with excellent regrowth potential.
- Safe Grazing Mix: Reduced risk of nitrate toxicity thanks to Fascinate’s sugar conversion properties.
- Seasonal Flexibility: Performs well in a wide range of conditions and soil types, offering reliable production through cooler months.
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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.
