Grass baleage and grass silage, maize silage and rural transport across Mid Canterbury. Family owned, based in Tinwald, run from the paddock rather than an office.
20K followers on FacebookAgricultural contracting and rural transport from our base in Tinwald, across Mid Canterbury and the South Island.
Full-service mowing, raking and baling. Tight grass baleage in squares or rounds that holds its feed value through winter.
Book early for the first cut, or ring mid-season to top up the stack before winter.
Power-packed feed for your herd. We plant, chop and cart it, and we are taking contracts for the 2026 season now.
Contracting now for the 2026 season. Ring Andrew to lock your paddocks in.
Seed in the ground at the right depth, spacing and soil temperature, so the crop gets away evenly.
Planting and the maize contract can be booked together, one call does both.
The complete job: mow, rake, chopped or loader wagoned into the stack.
Remote and awkward country is fine, talk to us about the block before you rule it out.
High density straw bales, delivered to you. Quality, clean, dry straw from paddock to shed.
Straw behind the header or hay off your own paddocks, either way it gets baled right.
Feed bought and sold, whether you're short or have some to spare.
Give Andrew a call about what you need, or what you have to sell.
Bales, fine chop or general freight, delivered across the South Island. Need something moved? Talk to Logan.
One truck load or a full season of cartage, ring Logan on 022 140 6059 with the job and the dates.
Livestock transport across Mid Canterbury and the South Island. Call Logan for stock movements.
Ring Logan on 022 140 6059 to talk through the load and timing.
Claas choppers and tractors, Scania trucks and the balers in between. One fleet, run and serviced by the same crew you will meet below.
Shots from our own gear on Mid Canterbury farms, from first mow to the last bale carted off under lights.
A small, hands-on team. You will see the same people on your place from the first paddock to the last load.
Owner
Owner operator with about 15 years in the agricultural contracting industry. Andrew stays close to every job, from the first quote through to the finished stack.
Baleage & Transport
Fourteen to fifteen years contracting around Mid Canterbury. Logan looks after grass baleage, straw and hay, and the transport side, handling general and stock transport bookings.
Office Admin
Bronwyn looks after the office admin for Harris Contracting, keeping track of the paperwork and customer details.
Andrew built Harris Contracting around a simple idea: the person who quotes your job should be the one in the paddock doing it. The crew plants, mows, rakes, bales, chops and carts, and the trucks carry it wherever it needs to go.
Independently assessed on health and safety, and proud to give back off the farm too.
Prequalified through Site Safe New Zealand with SiteWise Gold status and a score of 94%, assessed on 29 September 2026.
A certificate of appreciation for supporting the Special Children's Christmas Party in 2026.
Out in the paddock
A look at the people, machines and work behind each season.
Once the Harris Contracting Google profile is live, a review will help the next farmer find us.
The things farmers ask us most before booking. Anything else, ring Andrew on 027 318 8798.
We are based at 23 Bryant Street, Tinwald, Ashburton, and do our contracting work across Mid Canterbury. Our general and livestock transport runs South Island wide.
Grass baleage, grass silage and maize silage, precision planting, straw and hay, feed trading, plus general transport and livestock transport.
Yes. We are contracting now for the 2026 season. Ring Andrew on 027 318 8798 to lock your paddocks in. Planting and the maize contract can be booked together, so one call does both.
Book early for the first cut, or ring mid-season to top up the stack before winter. We bale when the moisture is right, not when the calendar says so.
Both. We make tight grass baleage in squares or rounds that holds its feed value through winter. For straw and hay we run three high density big square balers.
When the weather window is tight we bale under lights rather than lose the crop.
Yes. For grass silage, remote and awkward country is fine. Talk to us about the block before you rule it out.
Yes. We cart bales, fine chop off the chopper and general freight, South Island wide. One truck load or a full season of cartage, ring Logan on 022 140 6059 with the job and the dates.
Ring Andrew on 027 318 8798 for bookings, silage, planting, straw and hay, and feed trading. Ring Logan on 022 140 6059 for grass baleage, straw and hay, general transport and livestock transport. Bronwyn looks after the office admin, keeping track of the paperwork.
Ring the person who runs the job, or email us with your rough hectares and timing, and we will come back with a plan.
Yes. We are prequalified through Site Safe New Zealand with SiteWise Gold status for 2026/27, with a score of 94%, assessed on 29 September 2026. We are also a member of Rural Contractors New Zealand.
A small, hands-on team. You will see the same people on your place from the first paddock to the last load, and Andrew stays close to every job from the first quote through to the finished stack.
Ring the person who runs the job, or flick us an email with your rough hectares and timing and we will come back with a plan.
