Back to top
Corson maize seed
Maize has been long recognised as a valuable source of high quality feed within New Zealand.
Corson Grain Ltd has been has been involved in the maize production business since its inception. In 2010 PGG Wrightsons seeds acquainted the business and renamed it Corson maize seed.
Specialty Seeds have access to the entire range of Corson Maize seed products.
The bringing together of these two successful business has real advantage's for New Zealand's maize growers as the company evaluates (40 to 60 new varietys per year) more world class maize and sweet corn hybrids.
Delitop Dual purpose maize
One of these newer hybrids is a cultivar called "Delitop". Suitable for most regions throughout New Zealand including short season environments such as South Canterbury, North Otago and the West Coast of the South Island.
One innovation Corson Maize Seed brings to the market is there "proxy pack". This is a half sized bag of maize supplied at a much discounted rate and is designed to allow maize growers the opportunity to compare the Corson maize hybrids with their current cultivar of choice on the farm where it really matters.
For more information on Delitop and the other hybrids available please use the links below.
Download Link: Click here to download the
Delitop maize brochure
Flipping Book Link: Click here to download the
Corson Maize flipping book
Contact Link: For more information on Corson Maize for your situation please
contact Specialty Seeds.
Back to top
Back to top
Purchase Gaucho seed treatment on brassica and WIN
Why use Gaucho?
With the brassica sowing season just around the corner we thought it a great time to refresh your mind on the benefits of using Gaucho seed treatment. Specialty Seeds have been firm advocates of using Gaucho seed treatment on the brassica seed it sells as we believe it offers our clients the following benefits.
- Treating the seed reduces the need to apply foliar insecticides
- Your seed is protected from the moment it's sown
- Proven brassica protection as its been used since 1996
- Wide insect protection these include Argentine stem weevil, Springtails, Nysius fly and Aphids
- No harmful effects on beneficial insects including earthworms
We also like the fact Gaucho is applied directly to the seed, and is more environmentally friendly than foliar and granular insecticides.
As well as getting all of these benefits Bayer Crop Sciences are offering you the chance to win one of two trips to the Melbourne Grand Prix that runs between the 13th and 16th of March 2014.
How to enter the draw:
Every 5kg purchase of gaucho treated brassica seed between 15 August and 30 November 2013 gives you one entry to go into the draw.
Melbourne is a great place to spend a few days in and having passed through it while the Grand Prix is on can tell you the city is abuzz with the event. To wet your appetite go and check out the
Melbourne Grand Prix website
Contact Link: If you have any other questions on Gaucho seed treatments please
contact Specialty Seeds.
Back to top
New perennial ryegrasses to be released in the Autumn
Next autumn, if all goes to plan, PGG Wrightsons will be releasing two new perennial ryegrasses, Excess and Rely. Over the next few months we will provide you with more information on the both exciting new options.
Excess is a:
- diploid perennial ryegrass available in AR37 with a flowering date +7 days
- high producing perennial ryegrass that is performing very well in trials to date
This coming spring we have a very limited amount of Excess available.
Please
contact us if you would like to try some.
Contact Link: For any other information please
contact Specialty Seeds.
Back to top
As always, we hope this issue has been of some value to you. If you have a comment on this newsletter or anything on our website, please give us a call on our
Freephone: 0800 727 8873, send us an email at:
mail@specseed.co.nz.
Kind Regards
Stephen Finch & David Percival
Specialty Seeds - New Zealand
