Keeping paddocks in good condition is essential for both livestock health and long-term land productivity. Our Dorset-based contracting service offers a full range of paddock maintenance solutions tailored to smallholders, equestrian properties, and private landowners. Whether your grazing land needs harrowing to break up manure and improve grass growth, rolling to firm up the surface, or topping to control weeds and encourage fresh, even pasture, we provide reliable, timely support using the right equipment for the job.
Working across Dorset, we understand local ground conditions and seasonal demands, ensuring your paddocks are managed at the right time for the best results. So whether you’re caring for horses or livestock, your land stays productive, safe, and looking its best.
Paddock Rolling
Our field rolling service is ideal for smallholders, equestrian properties, and paddock owners looking to improve the condition and appearance of their grassland. Rolling helps level uneven ground, press stones back into the soil, and firm up poached or disturbed surfaces, creating safer, smoother paddocks for horses and livestock.
Carried out at the right time of year and in suitable ground conditions, rolling can also encourage stronger grass growth and leave fields looking tidy and well maintained. Whether you have a single paddock or mutiple fields to manage, we provide a reliable, professional service tailored to the needs of rural properties across Dorset.
Chain Harrowing
Our chain harrowing service is a simple but highly effective way to maintain healthy paddocks and grazing land for horses and livestock. Ideal for smallholders and equestrian properties, chain harrowing helps break up and spread manure, remove dead grass and thatch, improve air flow to the soil, and encourage fresh, even grass growth.
Regular harrowing can also help reduce patchy grazing areas and keep paddocks looking cleaner and better managed throughout the season. We offer a careful, reliable service suited to smaller fields and rural properties, helping you get the best from your grazing land.
Pasture Topping
Our topping service helps keep paddocks, pasture, and rough grassland neat, usable, and under control throughout the growing season. By cutting back long or coarse growth, weeds, and ungrazed patches, topping encourages a more even sward and improves the overall presentation of your land.
It is particularly useful for equestrian paddocks where selective grazing can leave rough areas behind, or for smallholdings wanting to maintain tidy, productive grazing. We can work with smaller fields and awkward areas, providing a dependable service tailored to the needs of rural properties. We can also carry out topping of cover crops or rested fields in readiness for cultivation and drilling.
Fertiliser / Lime Pelleting
We offer fertiliser and pelleted lime spreading to help improve grass growth, soil condition, and the overall productivity of paddocks and grazing land. Whether your fields need a seasonal boost, help recovering after heavy use, or support maintaining healthy grazing, accurate application can make a noticeable difference to both appearance and yield.
Pelleted lime is an effective way to help correct soil acidity and encourage better nutrient uptake, particularly on tired or underperforming ground. Our service is well suited to smallholdings, equestrian properties, and smaller acreages where a professional, flexible approach is valued.