AgFirst - About | Farm & Orchard Advisors New Zealand

Helping you achieve Agricultural, Horticultural
and Engineering success

Our mission is to provide our farmer, grower and agribusiness clients with world class knowledge and experience across all sectors including Sheep and Beef, Dairying, Engineering, Horticulture and Maori Agribusiness.

There’s an undeniable strength in our multi-disciplined national network of consultants and advisors that gives us the ability to carry out nationwide and cross sector projects and sets us apart from the rest.
AgFirst has strong networks with other key industry partners including local and central Government, CRI’s, industry organisations and Agribusiness clients. The majority of our team have in excess of 10 years consultancy experience and a solid record of delivering quality services to their clients.

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On farm, on orchard,
where you are

We focus on providing services and solutions which help our clients achieve their objectives.

We aim to add value to businesses and projects so that our clients succeed. We do this by encouraging our clients to develop their visions and goals, establish business plans and provide innovative and constructive solutions and support to the challenges their business and the industry is facing.

AgFirst consultants also have a significant role in supporting the primary sector industry with technical knowledge and advice.

You’ll find our consultants working across both large corporate or government projects as well as with family businesses from the tip of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand.

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We are also experienced in:

Property Supervision

AgFirst consultants are industry leading in management supervision of farming properties. Many of these large scale absentee owner farms and orchards are owned by Maori Incorporations who demand a sustainable long term focus to farm business management.

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TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER & DEVELOPMENT

We coordinate projects which help primary producers adopt new ideas or technologies. The extension methods used to motivate and facilitate change involve coordination of field days, seminars, discussion groups and publications for a range of clients including local and central Government, CRI’s, and agribusiness. Eight of our team have experience as facilitators of MWNZ Monitor Farms, involving the focus farm concept and working with community groups.

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Agricultural ENGINEERING

Our Team of Independent Agricultural Engineers are leaders in their various fields of expertise, complementing the Agfirst team of Agricultural and Horticultural Consultants.

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

A key strength of the AgFirst group is in providing Economic Analysis of development and diversification options, both at an individual farmer/grower level and regional level. Our team sits across many projects and disciplines across the country which gives us a wide view of the economic and performance landscape in the primary sectors.