Tokoroa Engineering was started in 2008 by John Waldon producing mobile meal feeders and calf trailers. These trailers provided considerable help to farmers with cost effective supplementary feeding in paddock, and ergonomic safe transport for calves after calving back to rearing barns. The equipment was designed and built tough to handle conditions on farm, including heavy duty fully galvanised equipment with NZ made componentry.
In 2015 the company purchased the Milk BarTM mobile calf milk feeder range from McKinnes Manufacturing in Waipu. Milk Bar represents the very best in simple, robust and reliable in paddock calf feeding systems. Importantly the product range is very easy to clean.
The 3 product ranges gave Tokoroa Engineering more critical mass, enabling the business to set up its own transport system to deliver their products around the country.
Throughout its journey, Tokoroa Engineering has become a recognised national provider of a wide range of Agricultural products. The business has prided itself on NZ manufacture of its product range with quality service, back up parts, and warranty. Virgin plastic is used in the manufacture of tanks and troughs, with proper UV protection built in. Our troughs are super heavy duty and well respected by farmers. Wherever possible the components used on our products are NZ made.
In November 2024, Tokoroa engineeringÂ’s product range was purchased by BA Pumps and Sprayers located in Hautapu Cambridge. BA have a modern factory with fabrication and assembly workshops, a sales marketing team and R&D staff. The BA business started in 1989, and has been manufacturing quality NZ-made spraying systems over that time, initially under the Bertolini brand and more recently rebranding as BA. Together, Tokoroa Engineering and BA Pumps and Sprayers represent the very best in NZ-made products for the Agricultural sector.