YOUR ONE STOP CONTRACTORS
SILAGE
Paddock to stack. Grass, maize, wholecrop, alkalege, greenfeed
YOUR ONE STOP CONTRACTORS
Cultivation, planting, harvesting and delivery
We’re your one stop shop for mowing, raking, tedding, hay baling with conventional medium and big square balers, round and square baleage, ploughing, power harrowing, rotary hoeing, discing, roller drilling, direct drilling, maize silage, grass silage, tree planting, buying or selling hay, straw or standing grass, and transporting.
What We're All About
Mike Kettle Contracting is proud to provide a total contracting solution for all livestock, cropping and lifestyle farmers all year round.
We’re your one stop shop for the cultivation, planting, harvesting and delivery of crop to your farm.
Our company began in the hay business in the Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand in 1989, before expanding into cultivation, silage, orchard word and direct drilling.
Let us use our knowledge, expertise, equipment and experienced team to maximise the productivity of your agribusiness.
Our Services
Your one stop contractors
HAY
Full service from mowing to stacking in paddock or shed - conventionals, rounds, medium square 1200x700, big square 1200x900.
We also buy/sell grass, straw & hay.
BALEAGE
Big square, medium square, round - net and film on film, bale carting and stacking.
We buy/sell grass and baleage.
BULK SILAGE
Complete service from paddock to stack. Grass, maize, wholecrop, Alkalege, greenfeed. We have certified portable scales available.We can supply covers and tyres, arrange transport, and DM testing. We buy/sell grass, maize and cereal silage.
MOWING & RAKING
Full range of mowing, or mower conditioning using 3, 6, 9 metre equipment. Tedding & raking.
DIRECT AND ROLLER DRILLING
3 metre Triple Disc Drills with ability to sow up to four products in one pass.
5"and 6" spacings available.
6 metre and 3 metre Roller Drills available.
DRILLING
4 metre cultivator drill, ability to disc, level, roll and sow up to 3 products in one pass.
3 metre power harrow drill.
CULTIVATION
We provide a full range of cultivation for all soil types. Ploughing, disking, power harrowing, ripping, rotary hoeing, rotary power harrowing, sub soiling, rototilling, asparagus trenching, levelling and rolling.
ORCHARD DEVELOPMENT
Deep ripping, cultivation, preparation for fumigation, tree marking and planting, inter row grass seeding.
RCNZ Members
RCNZ represents rural contractors providing services to farmers, councils and rural communities from Kaitaia to Southland. As an RCNZ member we support a Code of Ethics and Code for Employing Overseas Staff.
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