New Zealand's pastoral systems are without peer. With an unprotected, market-driven economy, New Zealand has lead the world with innovative systems for pastoral efficiency and productivity. Adding value to pastoral farming is a vital part of being competitive in international meat, wool and dairy markets. Highly efficient forage and pasture systems have been recognised throughout the nation's short history. New Zealand experiences a great range of climate patterns, from sub-tropical to cool temperate.
Farmlands range from fertile alluvial plains to rolling hill country and volcanic hinterland.
Wrightson Seeds is a New Zealand company with a strong tradition of performance in the pastoral industries of New Zealand. Wrightson Seeds is internationally recognised for its achievements and capabilities in plant breeding, cultivar evaluation and crop husbandry. In addition to breeding its own products, the company represents New Zealand and Australian institutional plant breeders in the global marketing of selected cultivars. This cool season perennial is known for its high feed value, high productivity, and drought resistance. Although they are a long way from New Zealand, cattlemen in Kansas, Okalahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona have discovered that Matua, under centre pivot, can provide more days of high quality grazing than any other grass available.