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Mixed Pasture Blends:

The following range of pasture seed blends has been designed for the growing group of clients who are for a variety of reasons, looking for a alternative to the standard rye /clover/ pasture herb mixes. These reasons may include feeding different stock types, extra performance on dry land farms, increased stock health, organic farming to name but a few.

We have designed these mixes in conjunction with Mr David Musgrave a recognised expert in the field of mixed pasture blends.

Cultivars that are used in these mixes can be purchased as bare seed options currently making them suitable for organic systems.

Please feel free to browse through these and when you've found the one that most suits your needs you can contact us.

We offer:


Tall Fescue / Timothy Blend
The Mix:

Cultivation selection options:

Use for:

Tall Fescue

 Tall Fescue: Advance Max P

A permanent pasture mix of deep rooting, palatable and productive species designed to give improved animal production under both dryland and irrigated conditions.

Will greatly reduce problems with thistles, grassgrub, drought and staggers compared to a ryegrass based pasture.

Timothy Timothy: Viking/ Charlton
Red Clover Red Clover: Tuscan
White Clover White clover: Tribute
Cocksfoot Cocksfoot: Vision
Chicory Chicory: Punter
Plantain Plantain: Tonic
Phalaris Phalaris: Maru

Recommended sowing @ 25 kgs per hectare

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Lucerne Blend
The Mix:

Cultivar selection options:

Use for:

Lucerne

 Lucerne: SuperSonic

Highly productive, even in very dry years. Will provide excellent animal performance from a balanced diet.

A weed free lucerne stand - particularly aggressive against Californian and other thistles.

Makes excellent hay, which even fussy eaters like hoggets love to eat.

Bare lucerne seed requires innoculation

Timothy Timothy: Viking/Charlton
Chicory Chicory: Punter
Tall Fescue Tall Fescue: Advance Max P
Plantain Plantain: Tonic
Phalaris Phalaris: Maru
Brome Brome: Set stocking Atom or Bareno, rotational grazing Matua.
Recommended sowing @ 21 kgs per hectare

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Brome Blend

The Mix:

Cultivar selection options:

 Use for:

Brome Grass

 Brome Grass: For set stocking either Atom or Bareno, for rotational grazing Matua.
 A highly productive pasture designed to last between 3 - 4 seasons and have reasonable tolerance of grassgrub, thistles and drought.
Chicory Chicory: Punter
Plantain Plantain: Boston
Red Clover Red Clover: Tuscan
White Clover White Clover: Weka
Recommended sowing @ 30.5 kgs per hectare


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