Darrel Rowe

Farm Source Area Manager for Fonterra. All tweets are mine. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

#Pallaton Raphanobrassica will provide a good Christmas feast for #dairy heifers in NW Tasmania. Plenty of leafy goodness available.

[Ben Maile @MaileBen]

Got to love a good crop of #barkant #turnips @dsquibbPGWS

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

Lush #AR37 Italian #Ryegrass performing exceptionally well in NE Tasmania, a very good productive alternative to Feast II Italian Ryegrass, with added insect protection with AR37 endophyte. Excellent multi year option in Southern zones. #grazing #silage #hay

[Darrel Rowe @wildfonterra]

Thanks to Andrew Emslie and @DStings1978 from #corson #maize NZ for a great week visiting #maize paddocks from Victoria to the Hunter Valley NSW. Exciting to see the new #varieties and #research available to #Australianfarmers. @EmGoodall86 @dsquibbPGWS

[Matt Glennen @matt_glennen]

@thebigperc 2nd cut Base here. It’s the bomb

[Craig Dwyer @thebigperc]

It's all about the Base, bout the Base.... no Treble!!🎶🎶
#moochoo 🐄🐄

[Ruth McGregor @ruthmcgregor4]

Great to have some late spring rain last week and really let the concordII come into its own. Looking forward to seeing how long it can go.

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

Tony Donovan, along with Alex and Dermot, outlining the business at @MidfieldGroup to the PGG Wrightson Seeds team, and their focus on maximising quality #pasture productivity for their #dairy/#beef operations. #Detail #Planning #productivity #results #PGWSeeds #PerformanceBred

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

NEW #Amigain Red Clover (replacement for #Astred) looking very impressive in #trials, showing better #persistency and DM improvements. Particularly against competitor claiming similar attributes. #PerformanceBred #PGWSeeds Research Farm

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

@JessicaLye and Julia from @cesaraustralia providing an #insect #identification #masterclass to #PGWSeeds sales team today. Very informative and worthwhile.

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

#ExcitingTimes for #PGWSeeds team inspecting a +35 days Tetraploid #Perennial #Ryegrass , looking to be commercial in the near future. #PerformanceBred options bringing significant gains to Australian #farmers. Very Late flowering.

[Emma Goodall @EmGoodall86]

Looking forward to seeing this in a bale and some feed quality numbers off it - could be a rocket fuel option!!

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

#Ascend Annual #Ryegrass sown end of June, nearly ready for first silage cut. #Cooee #Forage #Oats and Ascend combination on LHS shows benefit of adding quality oats to bulk up DM yield. #PGWSeeds #PerformanceBred

[Darrel Rowe @wildfonterra]

@QuentinBlunsdon Awesome establishment with the Palleton @QuentinBlunsdon

[Tim Metcalfe @TimMetcalfe16]

137 steers taken out of a 6ha trial of #raphno after 19 days. 200kgs of NKS21 and 82mm of rain over 5 weeks. Photos taken at one week intervals. 700 lambs going in this week for its 5th grazing.

[David Squibb @dsquibb2312]

Nice example of “cheap” annual ryegrass vs certified proprietary option, sown 25th June after potatoes harvested. Early vigour and growth clearly visible. #Ascend #Ryegrass #PGWSeeds #PerformanceBred #CheapCanBeCostly @EldersLimited @RobertsRural @eemuir @CRT_Australia

[Emma Goodall @EmGoodall86]

#homegrownfeed a week apart #haymaster9 oversown with #powerpak #sprinterplus producing high quality feed for a beef operation. ⁦
#lucerne #annualryegrass #clovers #pggwrightsonseeds #performancebred

[Nathan Tognela @nathan_tognela]

Concord 2 Feast 2 mixture in Albany WA locked up for silage

[Darrel Rowe @wildfonterra]

@pbl1972 @EmGoodall86 Summer active. Bred for greater persistence, softer leaf and higher rust tolerance.

[Emma Goodall @EmGoodall86]

Autumn sown fescue demo - up to its *second* grazing - making an absolute liar of “normal” fescue management!