The Crops

New Zealands temperate climate allows a wide range of vegetable, fodder, pasture and amenity seeds to be produced. The clean, green environment of New Zealand is ideal for seed production due to low humidity, plentiful sunshine and extensive irrigation.

Smith Seeds use only the best growers with irrigation for your seeds.

Some of our production items are (OP and hybrids):

• Chinese Cabbage
• Pakchoy
• Choi Sum
• Chinese Kale
• Chinese Radish
• Chinese Mustard
• Carrot
• Celery
• Spinach
• Beet
• Peas
• Ryegrass
• Clover
• Fodder Radish
• Borage
• Cereals

Quality Control

Smith Seeds integrated management package allows only the best conditions for producing your crops. During the growing season, fields are inspected regularly with the grower, and appropriate management advice is given.

All crops are inspected prior to flowering for off types and if found, these are removed by our experienced field team.

Our clients are sent regular reports and digital photographs to ensure that they know as much as we do about the growing of their crops.

The Team

Father Ross and sons Grant and Mike Smith established Smith Seeds to give seed companies around the world the opportunity to produce their seeds in New Zealand with a company that specialises only in production.

Grant Smith	Ross Smith	Mike Smith

Without the distraction of selling or trading, Smith Seeds give your production their full attention.

Younger son and brother Mike joined the team in 1995 to ensure this attention to detail was continued.

Steve Forrester	Dayle Jemmett	MIchele Rowe

Steve Forrester and Dayle Jemmett are Field Agronomists, while Michele Rowe is our Office Manager.

Services

Stockseed security
When your stockseed arrives in New Zealand, it is securely stored in our dedicated stockseed warehouse. Each lot is sampled on arrival and the quality checked. It is then delivered to its dedicated grower ready for planting.

Harvest
Smith Seeds staff are in the field to ensure that your seed is harvested at the correct moisture level. We inspect the harvesting and transport machinery to ensure that they are free from any contaminants. We then coordinate with the cleaning warehouse to ensure the smooth arrival and cleaning of your seeds.

Cleaning
We have many types of machinery available to us. As well as screening,cylinders and gravity machinery, we also use spiral seperators and colour sorting machines to ensure a quality product. State of the art artificial drying machinery is also available, should it be required. Cleaning can be scheduled to suit your requirements.

Packing
our seeds will be packaged according to your requirements. Most seeds are shipped in durable double polypropylene bags with a plastic liner sealed for added security.

Shipping
New Zealand has excellent shipping facilities, with frequent services to all parts of the world. The port of Lyttelton is very close to the production area and also to the city of Christchurch.

Contact us: info@smithseeds.co.nz

Visit our website: www.smithseeds.co.nz