NARACOORTE SEEDS
Naracoorte Seeds was established in 1962 as an outlet for Pasture Seed & Grain and remains one of the few independent, privately owned Seed Companies operating in Australia. We are the leading stockist and supplier of public and proprietary varieties of seed for use in the South East of South Australia and Western Victoria.
Contract seed production and multiplication of many public and proprietary pasture seed varieties has also been a big part of our business. To guarantee we have seed available year in, year out we use experienced and reliable growers with proven track records.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SEED MARKETERS
South Australia Seed Marketers is the export arm of Naracoorte Seeds. It was established in 1988 to operate as the pasture seed trading and export arm of the company. Now South Australian Seed Marketers is one of the largest public pasture seed suppliers to the export market and are especially strong in Lucerne, Haifa White Clover, Sub Clover and Annual Clovers, with sales to the Middle East, United States of America, China, Europe and South Africa being our main export destinations.
AG CONSULT
A share of Ag Consult was purchased in 2015 to compliment the production side of the business. Ag Consult produces vegetable seeds such as Chinese Mustard seed, Chinese Cabbage seed, Sugar Peas and Carrot seed for the export market.
Our team
Jamie Tidy
Grew up around seed through his father’s involvement in the seed industry for over 40 years and finally entered the…
Josh Rasheed
Started with Naracoorte Seeds in November 2011 and with his wife Emma became part owners in the business. Now Joshua…
Dylan Brodie
Dylan manages the seed production portfolio for Naracoorte Seeds which includes contracted multiplication for domestic and international clients. Since joining…
Peta Tidy
Peta Tidy is not only an owner of the business but has also taken over as the Chief Financial Officer.…
Mark Williams
Mark is the logistics/export manager and has been with our company for over 38 years. Mark has an excellent all…
Will Thorp
Will grew up on a small beef farm in North-East Victoria. After finishing school he studied agriculture at CSU in…
Emilie Brodie
Emilie started at Naracoorte Seeds in July 2022 as the Inventory Manager, handling all incoming seed. She also supports the…
Anna Russell
Anna joined Naracoorte Seeds in early 2023 as our Payroll/Accounts Administrator. She was born and raised in the South East…
Clint Gibbs
Clint Gibbs has been with us for over 24 years. Clint is the head storeman responsible for overseeing mixing, packaging…
Products
Summer Fodder Crops
Summer fodder crops are an extremely valuable out of…
Chicory
In the Southern Region we have a lot of…
WHITE CLOVER
Locally white clover is known to only persist under…
RED CLOVER
Red clover can be used in irrigated pasture mixes…
Forage cereals
Forage cereals are a very reliable option for prolific…
Perennial Herbs
Perennial Herbs fill a niche market in our region.…
Lucerne
Lucerne is commonly known as the king of forages.…
Medics
Medics, are self-regenerating annual clover varieties that grow in…
Annual Clovers
Annual Clovers are almost always used as the legume…
Subterranean Clover
Subterranean Clover is an extremely valuable self-regenerating annual clover.…
Tall fescue
Tall fescue has the ability to not only survive,…
Cocksfoot
Cocksfoot is a perennial grass that is largely suited…
Phalaris
Phalaris is arguably the most widely used and most…
Perennial / Hybrid Ryegrass
Perennial Ryegrass has been one of the main grass…
Italian Ryegrass
These short lived varieties generally last from 2-3 years…
Pasture Seed Particulars
GRASSES Approx Seeds per KG Seeds/Sq Mtr Ave Sowing Rate…
Annual Ryegrass
Annual Ryegrass is the backbone of many hay/silage and…