tas global seeds bring together a wealth of skills and knowledge to ensure that the best plant varieties are made available to the farmer and land manager.
tas global seeds has over 60 years of combined experience in seed production and processing, and herbage plant cultivar development.
We are in partnership with the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research (TIAR) and the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industry and Water (DPIW) to undertake research and promote our jointly developed grass and legume cultivars.
In recent times we have both undertaken, or through our TIAR collegues, had access to unique germplasm collected in Azerbaijan, Kazakstan and Spain.
CRDS, located in the Northern Midlands of Tasmania, just south of the township of Cressy, is the southernmost broad-acre agricultural research station in Australia.
The station comprises approximately 483 Ha of a diverse mix of three soil classes. These are light red sandy loam on the rises, grey loam and a fertile, heavy black clay usually found in lower lying areas.
These soils are representative of the general types found in the Northern Midlands. Brumby ’s Creek (arguably one of the best trout fishing waters in Australia - some say the world!), denoting the western boundary, is the source of irrigation water. The average annual rainfall is 640mm.
- Pasture plant cultivar development
- Pasture plant cultivar comparative assessment including animal production performance
- Grain legume and oil seed evaluation v water use efficiency
- Quarantine facility for captive Tasmanian Devils as part of the ‘Save the Tasmanian Devil Program’
research and development
This cultivar is targeted to the Victorian Mallee. A cold tolerant form of (Digitaria eriantha), a sub tropical summer active perennial grass targeted to southern NSW.
- A high yielding annual ryegrass
- A winter active tall fescue based on North African germplasm
- A hybrid cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerate x D. marina)
- A crimson clover
- A hybrid Phalaris (Phalaris aquatica x P. arundinacea)
- A hard-seeded French serradella (Ornithopus sativus)
- A re-selection within Black Mountain Secale (Secale montanum) - this would be ideal for elevated areas throughout the Mediterranean
- A Festuca ovina (Sheep's fescue) - with drought tolerance adapted to a cool Mediterranean climate
- A grazing perennial Brassica
- A highly productive stoloniferous long lived Red Clover
- A cold tolerant Vicia villosa
