The 2010 Pasture Options Brochure is now available online, this fantastic resource highlights the strong research and development background of PGG Wrightson Seeds and this is reflected in the endophyte options, grass, legume and herb culitivars to suit your farming situation.

Billions of dollars could be added to farmers' profits if they focused more on pasture renewal, a new study reveals.

The Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust this week suggested a switch in focus from animal improvements to pasture development was required to increase farm productivity.

Lamb growth rates double those achieved on older grass paddocks have quickly convinced central North Island farmer Gordon Martinovich of the merits of chicory for lamb finishing. ."


Gordon Martinovich with PGG Wrightson Rep Jeremy Klingender

Colin and Kirsten milk 195 cows on the property at Hawera in Taranaki.
"Barkant turnips have been an important component of our production curve for the last four or five seasons. I just wish we had got onto them earlier," commented Colin.

PGG Wrightson Seeds will be at National Fieldays, Mystery Creek, Hamilton from the 10th-13th of June 2009.

Stop by our display to see the latest in plant breeding and endophyte technology.

Enter our mystery weekend competition or talk to one of our field representatives for helpful advice on pasture and brassica management and feed requirements for your farming system.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Come visit us at the 2009 South Island Field Days, Lincoln, 25-27th of March .

Stop by the PGG Wrightson Seeds display to see the latest in plant breeding and endophyte technology and talk to one of our field representatives for helpful advice on pasture and brassica management and feed requirements for your farming system.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Mid Canterbury mixed cropping farmer Bill Davey says a switch to Italian ryegrass Feast II has paid off with excellent lamb growth rates even over winter and a high quality spring silage crop.

John and Sue milk 450 jersey cows at Eketahuna. "We always value our Barkant crops, but this year in a drought we just couldn't have managed without them."

PGG Wrightson Seeds have joined Priority Partnership^® as its newest member from 01 February 2009. Priority Partnership^® is a rewards programme...more

PGG Wrightson Seeds are introducing two new cultivars to their line up this autumn to further strengthen the portfolio that they already have on offer; EXPO™ perennial ryegrass and WINTER STAR™ II tetraploid annual ryegrass...more

West Coast dairy farmers Gordon & Rabecca Storer run a total of 1100 cows on two blocks near Inangahua Junction.