Regenerative Pasture
Specialty Seeds looks forward to supplying regenerative farmers with their specific requirements as, we have done for our many organic clients, for many years.
Regenerative agriculture has a wide variety of definitions and regenerative farmers farm for a wide variety of reasons. Some of these reasons include, caring for their soils, their interest in diversity of species, seeing the farming system as a whole and using a low input system.
We hope you find this information useful. Please feel free to contact us should you have any questions or need more information on specific cultivars.
How to buy from us:
Should you wish to purchase any seeds from us, simply, contact us.
We will either point you to our local re seller or if there is none in your area will can arrange for you to purchase your requirements directly from us.
Generator Regenerative Pasture Seed options
Specialty Seeds offer a specialist range of Regenerative Farm Seed options
Please feel free to browse through these and when you’ve found the ones that most suits your needs you can contact us. Also remember that we also custom blend to your individual requirements.
We offer:
- Regenerative Perennial based seed mix
- Regenerative Summer / Winter green feed mix options
- Regenerative green manure cover
Regenerative Perennial seed mix.
To be used after either our Regen winter / summer green feed crops.
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| Cultivar: | Sow rate per hectare. | Product Description: |
| Tall Fescue: | 5 kgs | Tall Fescue is a perennial grass more tolerant of hot summer, poorly drained soils than perennial ryegrass. |
| Cocksfoot: | 5 kgs | Are best in well managed grazing systems. Recommended in summer dry situations where they can provide important dry matter during these periods. |
| Brome Grass: | 5 kgs | The Brome grass family are best suited to free draining soils with moderate to high fertility. They will not persist on poorly drained soil types. Very palatable with good average quality. |
| Timothy: | 2 kgs | Mainly used as an important part of any pasture seed mix where high spring / summer production is required is therefore better suited to areas where summer moisture is assured. |
| Perennial ryegrasses: | 10 kgs | An excellent base for a permanent pasture mix, Good palatability, and establishment |
| Italian ryegrass | 5 kgs | Italian ryegrasses are natural biennials. Unlike annuals these types typically last at least two years and are characterised by strong establishment and high levels of winter activity. |
| Phalaris: | 1 kgs | Grow with vigour during the Autumn, Winter and Spring but is semi – dormant during the summer. This helps increase persistence. They have a well- developed rhizomatous root system which make it very tolerant of grass grub attack. |
| White Clover: | 2 kgs | In White clover, leaf size generally means more potential yield. However, a high stolon density means that there is better tolerance of adverse conditions, such as drought, pest’s or pugging. It is important to select the right clover for the situation based on these attributes. |
| Red Clover: | 3 kgs | Red clover is a short lived (typically 2-4 years), tap rooted legume mostly sown in summer dry areas where summer grazing is less intensive. In intensive grazing systems red clover typically does not perform or persist well. |
| Sub Clover: | 4 kgs | Sub Clover are annual clovers breed to perform well in summer conditions. Being an annual clover, it must be allowed to re – seed to persist into the second and subsequent seasons. |
| Persian clover | 2 kgs | Can be used as either a special purpose forage crop or used in seed mixes with Italian ryegrasses, cereals or brassicas as a self-regenerating and highly nutritive plant. |
| Chicory: | 1 kgs | Chicory is a tap rooted perennial herb with excellent animal production potential. It provides a leafy, high quality feed over spring, autumn and when other pastures lack quality. The stock health benefits of adding chicory to your pasture seed or brassica mix are very well documented |
| Plantain: | 1 kgs | A deep-rooted pasture herb that is almost a standard edition to both pasture seed and brassica sow down projects. Contains well proven higher levels of trace elements than ryegrasses and can also significantly improve the paddocks dry matter yield and stock liveweight gains./td> |
| Sainfoin: | 2 kgs | Sainfoin is a perennial forage legume from Europe and Asia that, unlike other forage legumes (e.g. lucerne), it does not cause bloat. It has high protein content, is highly palatable and livestock often prefer it over Lucerne. |
| Sowing rates, sowing times and time to first grazing. | ||
| Sowing rate per hectare. | 48 kgs | Establish in either the Autumn or spring following the use of our Autumn or Spring green feed mixes. 32 days to first grazing. Packed into 24 kgs (1/2 hectare) sacks sow @ 2 per hectare. |
Regenerative Summer Green feed Crop mix.
| Cultivar: | Suggested sow rate per hectare | Product Description |
| White Oats | 10 kgs | Oats are low temperature germinating and a fast growing cereal used for autumn sown winter green feed. |
| Buckwheat: | 5 kgs | Buckwheat is the speedy short season cover crop. It establishes, blooms, and is ready for incorporation in 35 to 40 days and its residue breaks down quickly. Buckwheat suppresses weeds and attracts beneficial insects and pollinators with its abundant blossoms. |
| Vetches (Tares): | 5 kgs | Vetch is a legume used primarily for soil improvement. Well-nondilated hairy vetch can enrich the soil with through nitrogen fixation. |
| Yellow Mustard | 2 kgs | Fast-growing weed suppression and pest control. Mustard residues which contain glycosylates are known to suppress soil-borne fungi and nematodes. |
| Persian clover | 2 kgs | Can be used as either a special purpose forage crop or used in seed mixes with Italian ryegrasses, cereals or brassicas as a self-regenerating and highly nutritive plant. |
| Brown Linseed: | 2 kgs | As a cover crop, linseed helps to mobilize phosphorus in the soil and add organic matter. A good companion seeding crop for use with small, seeded grasses and legumes due to its early maturity, limited leaf area, and less extensive root system. |
| Sunflower: | 3 kgs | Sunflowers have an excellent and robust root system that enables them to capture nutrients that are available in the soil. Sunflowers are a must in any summer cover crop mix due to their rooting abilities and the positive influence they provide for beneficial insects. Sunflowers also are good for Mycorizal Fungi growth. |
| Forage Brassica: | 1 kgs | A quick growing, leafy turnip, which has minimal bulb development, and is best suited to multiple grazing’s for summer and early-autumn feed requirements. |
| Summer Turnips | 1 kg | Quick maturing, high yielding, and low cost |
| Daikon Radish: | 3 kgs | Cover crops can control erosion, build soil, and suppress weeds. Radish as a cover crop can provide these benefits and more. The long radish root creates deep channels in the soil that can make it easier for subsequent crops to reach water in the soil below. Radish is also known to benefit water quality. |
| Tic (Faba) Beans: | 10 kgs | Tic Beans cover crop seeds produce hardy annual, upright plants. This small-seeded broad bean is a popular nitrogen fixer. |
| Japanese Millet: | 5 kgs | Japanese Millet is a warm- season annual grass commonly grown for forage. It is extremely quick growing and good regrowth persistence in a multi- cut haying or grazing scenario. Japanese Millet also has a higher level of saline tolerance than other millets. |
| Plantain | 1 kgs | A deep-rooted pasture herb that is almost a standard edition to both pasture seed and brassica sow down projects. Contains well proven higher levels of trace elements than ryegrasses and can also significantly improve the paddocks dry matter yield and also stock liveweight gains. |
| Chicory | 1 kg | Chicory is a tap rooted perennial herb with excellent animal production potential. It provides a leafy, high-quality feed over spring, autumn and when other pastures lack quality. The stock health benefits of adding chicory to your pasture seed or brassica mix are very well documented. They include good summer activity, high pasture quality, improved live weight gains and is suitable for all stock types. |
| Phacelia: | 3 kgs | Phacelia is a hardy annual mostly grown for its bright blue flowers that are irresistible to bees and other beneficial insects, this feature makes phacelia a great companion plant. Phacelia has a deep root system and good phosphate scavenger, so used as a green manure crop Phacelia drags phosphate from deep down the soil profile making it available for following crops. |
| Blue Lupins: | 10 kgs | Blue Lupin suppresses weeds and makes an excellent green manure for improving most soil types. It produces a mass of green matter and adds nitrogen to the soil. The extra soil nitrogen is ideal for growing leafy vegetable crops. |
| Sowing rates, sowing times and time to first grazing. | ||
| Total Sowing rate per hectare | 64 kgs | Sow between September until end of November. Suitable for grazing from 40 days after drilling. Packed in 32 kg (1/2 hectare) sacks, sow at 2 bags per hectare. Follow this crop with the Specialty Seeds regen permanent pasture mix. |
Regenerative winter green feed seed mix.
| Cultivar: | Sow rate per hectare when used as a component in a mix | Product Description |
| Triticale | 20 kgs | Triticale is a good way of producing large volumes of feed for late autumn, winter and early spring use. Triticale’s are tall cereals developed from crossing wheat and ryecorn. |
| White oats | 20 kgs | Oats are a low temperature germinating and fast growing cereal. Used for autumn sown winter green feed, and spring sown green chop silage. |
| Buckwheat: | 5 kgs | Buckwheat is the speedy short season cover crop. It establishes, blooms, and is ready for incorporation in 35 to 40 days and its residue breaks down quickly. Buckwheat suppresses weeds and attracts beneficial insects and pollinators with its abundant blossoms. |
| Hairy Vetches (Tares): | 5 kgs | Hairy vetch is a legume used primarily for soil improvement. Well-nondilated hairy vetch can enrich the soil with through nitrogen fixation. |
| Yellow Mustard | 4 kgs | Fast-growing weed suppression and pest control. Mustard residues which contain glycosylates are known to suppress soil-borne fungi and nematodes. |
| Brown Linseed: | 2 kgs | As a cover crop, linseed helps to mobilize phosphorus in the soil and add organic matter. A good companion seeding crop for use with small, seeded grasses and legumes due to its early maturity, limited leaf area, and less extensive root system. |
| Sunflower: | 5 kgs | Sunflowers have an excellent and robust root system that enables them to capture nutrients that are available in the soil. Sunflowers are a must in any summer cover crop mix due to their rooting abilities and the positive influence they provide for beneficial insects. Sunflowers also are good for Mycorizal Fungi growth. |
| Kale | 2 kgs | Kale is a tall, bulky brassica grown for winter feed. Kale maturity times range from 18-24 weeks. Kale can be sown from late mid-October through to mid-February |
| Rape | 2 kg | Rape is very good in most environments where it can carry high quality feed from spring through to late summer or from late summer through to winter. |
| Swedes | 1 kg | Swede crops are a traditional winter feed in cool wet climates. Swedes have the advantage over turnips of carrying a larger bulb, greater yield, and better dry matter quality through winter. |
| Daikon Radish: | 3 kgs | Cover crops can control erosion, build soil, and suppress weeds. Radish as a cover crop can provide these benefits and more. The long radish root creates deep channels in the soil that can make it easier for subsequent crops to reach water in the soil below. Radish is also known to benefit water quality. |
| Tic (Faba) Beans: | 10 kgs | Tic Beans cover crop seeds produce hardy annual, upright plants. This small-seeded broad bean is a popular nitrogen fixer. |
| Phacelia: | 5 kgs | Phacelia is a hardy annual mostly grown for its bright blue flowers that are irresistible to bees and other beneficial insects, this feature makes phacelia a great companion plant. Phacelia has a deep root system and good phosphate scavenger, so used as a green manure crop Phacelia drags phosphate from deep down the soil profile making it available for following crops. |
| Blue Lupins: | 10 kgs | Blue Lupin suppresses weeds and makes an excellent green manure for improving most soil types. It produces a mass of green matter and adds nitrogen to the soil. The extra soil nitrogen is ideal for growing leafy vegetable crops. |
| Sowing rates, sowing times and days to first grazing. | ||
| Total sowing rate per hectare. | 94 kgs | Sow between October until early into the new year. Suitable for grazing from 120 days after drilling. Packed in 47 kg (1/2 hectare) sacks, sow @ 2 per hectare. Follow this crop with the Specialty Seeds regen permanent pasture mix. |
Regenerative green manure cover mix.
| Variety | Rate per hectare | Description |
| White Oats | 20 kgs | Oats are a low temperature germinating, fast growing cereal used for autumn sown winter green feed, and spring sown green chop silage. |
| Yellow Mustard | 5 kgs | Fast-growing weed suppression and pest control. Mustard residues which contain glycosylates are known to suppress soil-borne fungi and nematodes. |
| Radish | 3 kgs | Cover crops can control erosion, build soil, and suppress weeds. Radish as a cover crop can provide these benefits and more. The long radish root creates deep channels in the soil that can make it easier for subsequent crops to reach water in the soil below. Radish is also known to benefit water quality. |
| Tic beans | 10 kgs | Tic Beans cover crop seeds produce hardy annual, upright plants. This small-seeded broad bean is a popular nitrogen fixer. |
| Phacelia | 2 kgs | Phacelia is a hardy annual mostly grown for its bright blue flowers that are irresistible to bees and other beneficial insects, this feature makes phacelia a great companion plant. Phacelia has a deep root system and good phosphate scavenger, so used as a green manure crop Phacelia drags phosphate from deep down the soil profile making it available for following crops. |
| Mix of all the above | 40 kgs | This green manure cover crop will help prevent nutrient leaching, nematodes and will enrich your soil between seasons. Suitable for all regions of New Zealand and suitable for all farming practices including vineyards. |
It is our intention to supply a consistent selection, as described, of varieties for all of our regen blends. However, we reserve the right to adjust the blend when it becomes necessary, due to seed supply availability at the time of mixing the seed.