About Us

Mackintosh Group is a fifth-generation farming family located in Wanganui, New Zealand. The enterprise includes a grain silo complex, agricultural contracting, and contract-rearing chickens. Alongside the grain, contracting and poultry operations, Mackintosh Group run a sheep (supplying Coastal Lamb), beef and arable cropping enterprise across three farms in Wanganui and the Rangitikei; a hill country sheep & beef breeding farm, complemented by flatter finishing farms and nearby lease block.

Our clients range from local farmers to garden centres, loggers, and grain merchants. Our services include ground work, balage contracting and grain harvesting, weighing as well as storage, processing and marketing of a variety of grain crops.

We're active members of the rural community and agricultural sector, dedicated to future generations' farming success. We regularly host various university and farm field days, and continue to participate in regular Foundation for Arable Research trials. Agricultural training students visit our farms for practical experience on a weekly basis. 

Paul has been chair of the Foundation for Arable Research NZ's South Western North Island Arable Research Group since 2017 and has been Arable Chair for Federated Farmers' Wanganui Province since 2019.

We've changed a lot since this was taken in 1982!

We've changed a lot since this was taken in 1982!
The crew hard at work docking at Aramaire

The crew hard at work docking at Aramaire

The Family

We have farmed this land since the late 1800s when the first Mackintoshes arrived from Scotland. You're welcome to connect with us on LinkedIn: Paul Mackintosh, and Ruth Mackintosh.

The Staff

We are a team of conscientious, driven people with a love of farming and machinery. The work is varied and our team enjoy hunting and other perks of farm life. During peak seasons, the team is bolstered by experienced, hardworking temps. If you're great to work with, careful with expensive gear, physically fit, and have machinery experience, please drop us a line.

Mackintosh Group crew participating in the Whanganui River Raft Race

Mackintosh Group crew participating in the Whanganui River Raft Race