About Us
Vernado is a family-owned company providing value adding products to the farming sector.
Our pasture seed range is specifically developed for persistence. We aim to increase productivity by increasing pasture and crop growth, health, and maintenance through cost-effective solutions providing you with better returns. More than anything else, we are committed to good customer service not only from order to delivery but follow up and anything required throughout the season.
The Story so far
Vernado is a second-generation, family owned and operated business which was started in 2006 by Jim McGaveston. We specialise in seed, fertiliser and growth regulators.
Jim was born and raised on a small dairy farm in Hautere, Otaki Gorge Road milking 80 cows. Soon after leaving school in 1956, he went out on his own growing vegetables and then on from that into growing berry-fruit.
Jim has always had a passion for growing – and growing the best produce, the fastest and healthiest way possible (Growing Smarter).
He started this seed company in 2004 when he saw an opportunity in the cropping, dairy, beef and sheep sector for improving pasture quality by offering top quality high yielding Tetraploid varieties at affordable prices. The goal is to return better yields for the farmers, overflow the milk vat and have the lambs sent to the works before Christmas.
It wasn’t long after proving these pasture varieties successfully that there was a need to feed them more, so he started producing liquid N and growth regulators. A great addition to the product range which have shown some great results, all while helping to reduce nitrogen usage.
Jim has how handed the company onto the next generation. Nathan now runs, the business with the same passion as Jim before him.
We are here to keep helping you with all your seed, fertiliser, growth regulator and soil health requirements.
Why Vernado
•At Vernado, we love to partner with our clients to foster a collaborative drive that will work for all parties, by choosing Vernado we love to help close any loops and leverage frameworks to help business grow and foster a consumer-first mindset.
• Vernado is a family-owned company small enough to personally care for our clients.
•Our own lines of pasture seeds are specifically developed for persistence, in the high value range of sugar/protein/ME.
•We aim to increase productivity by increasing pasture and crop growth, health, and maintenance through cost-effective solutions providing you with better returns.
•More than anything else, we are committed to good customer service not only from order to delivery but follow up and anything required throughout the season.