Naracoorte Seeds in Naracoorte, South Australia | Agricultural cooperative

Naracoorte Seeds

Locality: Naracoorte, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8762 1944

Address: 5-7 Alexander Ave 5271 Naracoorte, SA, Australia

Website: http://naracoorteseeds.com.au

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25.01.2022 SEED CERTIFICATION | NARACOORTE SEEDS It was fantastic to have Aaron Keane from the Department of Primary Industries and Regions run a training day on how to prepare a sample for submission to a lab for testing. It is vital that Naracoorte Seeds remains compliant in this field to ensure customers are ensured a quality product. Aaron was engaging and ran a professional training day to cater for a variety of learning styles. If your business requires compliance in this field, don't hesitate to get in touch with Aaron to discuss requirements - pir.sa.gov.au/seeds

25.01.2022 DISPATCH SHED | NARACOORTE SEEDS Naracoorte Seeds continues to invest in safe, secure storage facilities to ensure the product remains stable and protected from the elements. Upgraded dispatch facilities shall minimizes costly delays and ensure safety within the plant facilities. Ensuring small and articulated vehicles have a safe environment for loading and unloading. Please ensure you head into the office on arrival to maintain safety so a staff member can assist loading up correct orders.

24.01.2022 Fantastic event

24.01.2022 SUB CLOVERS | NARACOORTE SEEDS Sub Clovers are a valuable ground coverage legumes. "Most sub clover varieties bury a good percentage of seed, even if heavily grazed in dry spring years. This is part of sub clovers ability to survive a run of droughts."

21.01.2022 Does it get any more spectacular than a paddock sown with Crimson Clover. This pasture is produced at Kenlen Farms. The variety is highly nutritious hay/silage option. Very drought tolerant. Strong winter production. Suited to free draining sandy loams. Available at Naracoorte Seeds.

21.01.2022 FORAGE CEREALS | NARACOORTE SEEDS Forage cereals are a very reliable option for prolific winter/spring forage. Most forage cereals will prefer soils of a well drained nature, but there are varieties that handle periodical waterlogging better than others. Oats/ Barley/Wheat and Triticale are the most commonly used forage varieties and can be grazed early prior to being shut up for hay or silage. Grazing the forage crop early will usually mean a reduce hay/ silage cut so if you... are aiming to maximise your hay/silage yields grazing may not be advisable. Seeding Rates 80 - 120 kg/ha Contact Naracoorte Seeds for all your Forage Cereal options. OATS BRUSHER| Sacrifices quantity for quality hay produce, resistant to leaf rust, similar grain quality and quantity to Wintaroo with higher protein. MULGARA | Good early vigour, resistant to stem rust, excellent hay colour and resists brown leaf tipping. Yields slightly less for hay production compared to Wintaroo but is higher quality. WINTAROO | Benchmark for hay production. Makes excellent early season growth, but don’t overgraze if hay production is main objective. Offers good value for money! COLOSSUS | Rapid establishment with wide leaves and tillers. Seed is medium sized so sowing rates can be lower than other oats. Suits grazing and high quality hay. FORSTER | Very high quality hay variety, excellent early vigour and foliar disease resistance, moderate-tall variety, better suited to high rainfall and irrigated areas. BARLEY MUDAH | Usually earliest to first grazing. Short growing season. Good option if hoping to go from winter forage to a summer fodder crop to maximise production. MOBY | White seeded rapid establishing variety. Exhibits good cold season production. Awnless variety and high yielding. CAPE | Proven performer, offers excellent value for money for cheap grazing, hay or silage. PLANET | High yielding malt barley, excellent all round disease resistance, very high quality grain. WHEAT BENNETT | Red grain, dual purpose, long season winter wheat variety, ideally sown early for autumn grazing. Potential for high grain yields if season holds on. MANNING | White grain, long season winter wheat, dual purpose with high forage and grain yield potential. Feed quality grain. KITTYHAWK | Winter wheat suited to multiple grazings early before taking through for grain. TRITICALE WONAMBI | Dual purpose variety, tall and high tillering, reduced awns, good resistance to rust and CCN. CRACKERJACK 2 | High yielding forage and seed variety. Crackerjack has been used as a high quality producer of bulk whole crop silage. Excellent regrowth potential. RYECORN SOUTHERN GREEN | Fast establishing grazing option. High quality feed with greater forage than other Ryecorns. Can be sown with ryegrass to extend grazing window.

20.01.2022 LUCERNE | NARACOORTE SEEDS Does a Lucerne Crop (Magna 868) get any better than this; Magna and other quality varieties to suit your particular needs available at Naracoorte Seeds. Lucerne is commonly known as the king of forages. Lucerne is an extremely valuable feed source with the ability to grow 12 months of the year depending on the winter activity of the variety. ... Lucerne, with its deep root system, has the ability to stay green throughout the summer months, (acting as a fire break), provides quality green feed when moisture is limited, (when perennial grasses are dormant) and gives graziers the ability to sell their stock when they want to. With dormancies ranging from 3 - 10, there is a Lucerne variety to suit your needs.

19.01.2022 SMOKO & MEETING ROOM | NARACOORTE SEEDS With the ever increasing demands within the office for space and suitable meeting rooms. Naracoorte Seeds with the assistance of local craftsman Hassa, Redding Electrical, Comtec Communications Norman Carpets and Peter Lawrie (Aircon) to fit-out a suitable smoko and meeting/board room.

18.01.2022 BIO-SECURITY | NARACOORTE SEEDS The South Australian Government is developing a new Bio-security Act. Hopefully providing "a simpler, modern and more effective legislative framework for the management of pests and diseases, the trade in plant and animal products."

18.01.2022 MONDAY 25th JAN | NARACOORTE SEEDS Naracoorte Seeds shall be closed on Monday 25th Jan and reopen again on the Wednesday. The team wish you all a safe and happy long weekend (if you manage to take a break).

16.01.2022 Be sure to keep an eye out for red legged earthmite which can be devastating for crops and pastures. Plants are most susceptible as seedlings and newly sown pastures and brassicas can be severely damaged by these pests. In older pastures, damage is visible as whitening or silvering of the leaf surface, reducing production and seed set for next year. Mites can also severely damage legumes and attack grasses and cereal crop species.

15.01.2022 Naracoorte Ag Town of the Year Time is running out to promote Naracoorte for the Ag Town of the Year Award! Naracoorte has a wealth of diverse agriculture, seed production, cropping, viticulture, cattle, sheep, local meat works, World Heritage Caves, Minijumbuck factory, dairy industry and of course Naracoorte Seeds!

14.01.2022 Naracoorte Seeds | Matrix Seed Trial If you travelled past the Naracoorte Seeds research farm over the past couple of days, you may have noticed some exciting activity. Dylan and Zara have finished putting in some trial plots that we will be showcasing at our field day later in the year. The trials include a pasture matrix, replicated grass variety plots, forage oats, and sub clover and annual ryegrass sowing rate demonstration. We would like to thank Richard Prusa from Seed Force for his time and lending us his tractor and trial seeder. We will continue to provide updates throughout the year and look forward to showing you the results!

12.01.2022 RESEARCH FARM | NARACOORTE SEEDS

11.01.2022 WHITE CLOVER | NARACOORTE SEEDS NOMAD | Suited to drier regions, high seed yield for natural re-seeding, strong autumn stolon recovery, persistent under hard grazing. STORM | Very persistent under dry conditions, prolific forage producer, works well in combination with larger leafed varieties.... DEMAND | Superior persistence in beef/sheep/dairy systems, proven performer, strong winter/early spring production. HAIFA | Well suited to most soil types, excellent seedling vigor, benchmark for production and persistence in local area. Good winter production. WEKA | Strong spreading habit and high stolon density, excellent tolerance to root weevil, high yielding, suitable for all grazing systems. MANTRA | Good stolon density and stolon length, persists even under close grazing by sheep, highly palatable with finer stems than other white clovers. Available at Naracoorte Seeds

10.01.2022 RAINFALL COULD BE HEAVY FOR SOUTHEAST NSW. A closer look at rainfall for the southeast states carries mixed blessings for the region. Whatever the case, widespr...ead rainfall is possible with the first system coming in during Tuesday through Friday night over the south and east, with the potential for severe weather over multiple states. A follow up system should be on the approach bringing more widespread light to moderate rainfall from the west with a weakening low pressure system and front. More wet weather does exist beyond this time frame well into mid June. For more information about the weather system and various elements, like the page to stay up to date, there is a tonne of posts today from snow to farmers and graziers forecasts and severe weather analysis. All of this will be available on my new website coming soon - Weather Matters with Karl Lijnders. #wxmatters

03.01.2022 Josh Rasheed has managed to get across the Tasman Sea in the travel bubble for an important event in New Zealand - FieldaysNZ. The Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, providing a launch platform for cutting edge technology and innovation. The event presents Naracoorte Seeds with an international audience in a COVID environment to market the Limestone Coast highly productive agricultural sector.

03.01.2022 Some amazing drone footage from harvest north of the state @ Pannell Farming by Max Schinckel .

03.01.2022 The extremely versatile Dylan Brodie with Sam Johnson on the tools!

03.01.2022 This year we’re taking things to the south east and touring the Limestone Coast. We’ll be starting in Naracoorte and cycling via Kingston, Robe and Penola befor...e finishing where we started in Naracoorte. The local communities in the Limestone Coast were so supportive of our first ride in 2019 so we can’t wait to get down there and show our appreciation. : Ash Bennier

01.01.2022 ZARA SKEER | Naracoorte Seeds Naracoorte Seeds would like to welcome Zara to the team. She comes from a prime lamb and cropping property in the Millicent region and went on to study a Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Business at the University of New England in Armidale, NSW. Zara is looking forward to her journey in the seed industry and adapting her acquired knowledge to improve soil and plant health to allow clients to grow more pasture. [email protected]