Rose Ag is currently led by Tim, Tracy & Vaughan Rose, who are 5th generation Roses on the farm.

OUR STORY STARTS IN 1858

John Rose landed in NZ in 1858 and was one of the first settlers in Marlborough. He purchased his farm Kegworth in 1870 & the piece of land Rose Ag is now situated on in 1903. Contracting was always a big part of the Rose’s farming life firstly with horses and then mechanised.

NES Rose Contracting operated in the 1930’s doing grain harvesting, conventional hay baling and groundwork such as ploughing.

David Rose took over the business in 1968 and became Rose Agricultural Ltd. He had one of the first medium square baling machines locally & operated silage equipment. The company moved into tractor work including drilling, broadacre spraying, and then into lime and fertiliser spreading, grape harvesting & cartage. David was one of the first contractors to operate a grape harvester in Marlborough – importing a Chisholm Ryder from America after looking at Polaroids of a few available in 1981.

The contracting business – now Rose Ag Ltd, recently celebrated 50 years of being incorporated and currently specialises on vineyard re/development, lime and fertiliser spreading, grape harvesting, and vineyard management including the 110ha held in Rose Family Vineyards Limited, an associated family business.