Harvesting and sowing seeds are activities as old as civilisation. Innovative products and technologies add value to these ancient practices, and bring new opportunities to New Zealand livestock farmers.

Tall fescue, grown on more than 35 million acres (the "tall fescue belt"), is the most widely spread pasture grass in the humid areas of the eastern USA (Stuedemann & Hoveland, 1988)..

The most recent novel endophyte, AR37 does not contain the alkaloid compounds of lolitrem B, peramine, or ergovaline, but does have a unique set of compounds called epoxy-janthitrems...

Taking endophytes from discovery to on-farm use

To start with a clean paddock free of any growing perennial ryegrass and free of any existing ryegrass seed. This will generally mean elimination ryegrass from the old pastures between November and Autumn sowing...