Cereal Product Development and R&D Manager Nick Brooks
Cereal Seed Overview Significant portfolio of cultivars (20 cultivars in total) Feed Wheat, Feed Barley, Maize grain, Triticale, Faba beans, Oats, Linseed and Milling Wheat Estimated PGW Grain Cereal Seed Market Share: 60% Seed Production in Lower North Island, Canterbury and Southland Seed cleaning both in house and third party; AgriPro, Masterton, SIS, Seedlands, Darfield Seeds, Leeston Seeds, Clarkes Seeds and Feed and Valhalla Business prides itself on seed quality, performance and convenience
Portfolio – Key Products
Commercial Cultivars Overview
Overseas breeding partners – feed grain focus In-house breeding – milling wheat focus Comprehensive screening & evaluation program – access to leading global germplasm sources Scale: 7,000 + plots / rows, o/s cultivars, PGW breeding lines, Agronomy plots, 2,000 + nursery plots Trial Program through out NZ 6 R&D staff Focus: agronomics, yield and nutrition advantages R&D / Product Development
New and Future Product Releases KWW42 – Savannah winter wheat replacement (2013) KWW46 - Phoenix winter wheat replacement (2014) KWM31 - Morph spring wheat replacement (release 2015) Garner - County spring barley replacement (2013) Chronicle – Malting/Feed or dual purpose (provisional release 2013)
High Protein Dual Purpose Wheat UK – Bred, alternative milling/feed Wheat One of the highest yielding milling varieties in trials and produces high grain proteins 12 – 13%. Prolific tillering and moderate standing power, so seed rates and Plant Growth Regulators (PGR’S) needs to optimum. Flexible sowing window from late autumn until spring Good disease resistance but susceptible to stripe rust.
Triticale – Value For Money Wheat Nutritional Information Range Dry Matter (DM)86-90 ME (MJ/kg DM) Crude Protein (%DM)9-16 Starch (%DM)58-70 Neutral Detergent Fibre (%DM)9-15 Triticale Nutritional Information Range Dry Matter (DM)86-90 ME (MJ/kg DM) Crude Protein (%DM)9-16 Starch (%DM)60-67 Neutral Detergent Fibre (%DM)13-16 Grain Quality Information Range Moisture (%)Less than 14.5 Protein Content(%)9-16 Test Weight(kg/hl)Minimum of 71 Screenings (%)1-10 Kernel Weight(g/1000)Minimum of 38 Grain Quality Information Range Moisture (%)14.5 Protein Content(%)10 Test Weight(kg/hl)69 Screenings (%)10 Kernel Weight(g/1000)Minimum of 38
Faba Beans - Alternative Protein Source Nutritional Information for Animal Consumption Dry Matter (%)86-92 ME (MJ/kg DM) Crude Protein (%)23-30 Crude Fat (%)1.1 Digestibility (%)92.8 Starch (%)36-41 Neutral Detergent Fibre (NDF) (%)17-24 Acid Detergent Fibre (ADF) (%)11.8 Grain Quality Moisture (%)Less than 14 Thousand Seed Weight (TSW) (g) Screenings (includes splits, small, sprouted or damaged seeds (%) Maximum 7.5 ColourMust be Fair Average Quality (FAQ) for the season