Agricultural Contracting Services in Taranaki

JFM Contracting provides a full range of agricultural contracting services from our base in Okato. Whether you need grass cut and baled, a paddock ploughed and drilled, feed carted or a broken trailer welded, we can help farmers from Rahotu to Oakura.

• Hay, silage & baling

  Mowing, swathing, baling, stacking and silage pit compaction.

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• Maize & grass drilling

  Getting maize crops and new pasture in the ground.

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• Cultivation

  Ploughing, power harrowing and deep ripping.

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• Tractor & trailer carting

  Moving bales, silage and materials on and off the farm.

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• Hedge mulching

  Trimming shelterbelts and hedges and mulching the cuttings.

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• Welding & engineering

  Farm machinery repairs and fabrication from our workshop.

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Everything we do

Here is the full list of work we take on. If your job isn't listed, ask anyway. There's a good chance we can help, or we'll point you to someone who can.

• Mowing
• Swathing
• Baling
• Stacking of bales
• Silage pit compaction
• Tractor and trailer carting
• Maize drilling
• Grass drilling
• Ploughing
• Power harrowing
• Deep ripping
• Hedge mulching
• Welding
• Engineering

Planning your season with one contractor

Using one contractor for several jobs makes the year simpler. A typical season with JFM might look like this:

1. Winter and early springHedge mulching, workshop repairs and getting machinery ready before the busy months.
2. SpringPloughing, deep ripping and power harrowing, followed by maize and grass drilling.
3. Late spring and summerMowing, swathing and baling for silage and hay, then pit compaction, carting and bale stacking.
4. AutumnRegrassing, cultivation and carting as paddocks come out of crop.