Image: Carrfields Templeton

Carrfields’ ability to provide superior service to its current and future customers across the South Island is being given a boost with the opening of two new locations over the next 2 months in time for spring.

The Ashburton-based family agribusiness group is expanding to a new location in Gore and is re-establishing Carrfields into its Templeton branch. The new locations are part of Carrfields’ commitment to providing professional quality service more quickly to farmers and contractors across the South Island.

Craig Carr, Group Managing Director of Carrfields, said the two new locations will bring the company’s sales, service and parts teams, as well as other core business divisions including seed and livestock, closer to more customers in Southland and Canterbury.

“Southland and Canterbury are key regions where we have a strong customer base for our business. It makes sense for us as a group to ensure these valued customers are receiving the service and consumables they need from our experts in a timely manner. We are delighted to open these two locations and will now be able to fulfil more of our customers’ requirements.”

Carrfields’ premises in Gore will be fitted out as a company-branded machinery distribution, sales, service and parts hub. The branch will offer the full range of premium global machinery brands, together with a highly trained service team ready to travel to meet customers across Southland to provide quicker service than what was previously available, as well as being a seed and chemical distribution hub, said Mr Carr.

“Southland has been a strong customer base for our machinery division for years, with strong sales of our key machinery brands HORSCH, MacDon and Novag. Putting down roots in Gore cements our commitment to the region and we look forward to opening this new site over the coming months,” he said.

“Re-opening our Templeton site as a Carrfields hub will also further expand and complement our service, parts, seed and ag-chem operations which are currently based out of Ashburton.”

As with the new Gore location, the Templeton site will provide a local base for the full range of global brands offered by Carrfields, with the site also supporting an on-farm service team.

Carrfields’ machinery division distributes and services machines from highly regarded global manufacturers including HORSCH, MacDon, Novag, Grange, Anderson and Coolamon across New Zealand, and the recent addition of Krone in Canterbury.

Image: Carrfields Gore