Grasses
PGG Wrightson Seeds has one of the largest portfolios of pasture options available to New Zealand farmers. The pasture needs for New Zealand farmers is to produce, consume and convert high quality pasture into saleable product efficiently and cost effectively. This site illustrates the opportunities to improve your farms pasture by identifying key products and technologies that will help provide a high return on investment by regrassing.
Please click on the appropriate grasses section below.
Perennial
Excellent base for permanent pasture mix, with good stock palatability and establishes well.
Base
An exceptional yielding tetraploid perennial ryegrass with AR37 endophyte for strong persistence.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Tetraploid
Excess
A medium leaved, diploid perennial ryegrass bred specifically for tougher environments.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Diploid
Expo
Expo is a densely tillered, late flowering diploid perennial ryegrass bred to deliver high quality feed throughout the year.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Diploid
Midway
As the name suggests, Midway is a traditional mid-flowering ryegrass that provides strong, year-round dry matter production.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Diploid
Platform
Platform is a persistent diploid perennial ryegrass offering high yields of quality feed and year-round dry matter production.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Diploid
- Late
Rely
A versatile diploid perennial ryegrass with fine leaves and dense tillers bred to cater for a range of environments.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Diploid
Vast
Vast provides strong annual production with exceptionally strong summer and autumn production advantages.
- Endo
- 5 years+
- Tetraploid
Short & Long Rotation
Rapid growing varieties.
Delish
Rapid, reliable establishment paired with good early season growth and low aftermath heading for exceptional summer pasture quality.
- Endo
- 2 - 5 years
- Tetraploid
Maverick GII
Delivers a robust, dense sward with exceptional cool season growth.
- 2 - 5 years
- Diploid
Palliser
THE VERSATILE, MULTI-PURPOSE RYEGRASS
- Endo
- Tetraploid
