Agricultural Contracting

Agricultural work is the core of our business. Its at the heart of everything we do. Whether its machinery, labour, operators, knowledge or anything inbetween Drew Waton & CO can provide it.  SafeContractor approved.

We specialise in providing a professional, one-stop solution for landowners and farmers across South West Scotland and Northenr England, and beyond.

We cover a 100 mile radius from our base at the Byeloch, just outside Dumfries.

Our extensive range of machinery allow us to meet most requirements.

Cultivation – Ploughing, Heavy Discing & Power Harrowing

Drilling – Grain, Grass, Maize

Rolling – Cambridge & Flat

Manure – Artificial & Organic, Granular, Spray or Injection

Slurry – Tanker and Umbilical systesm (trailing shoe, Splash Plate or Track Disc)

Lime Spreading

Bale handling and stacking

Combining – Grain and Maize Kemper headers adn Cracker rollers

Fodder beet harvesting – with top/bottom lifter as required

Transport/Carting – Grain, Silage, Low Loaders, Dumper

Forage Harvesting – Grass, Wholecrop & Maize, each having the ability to apply liquids & powders

Mowing – Scatter Boards, Tedding, Raking, Carting and Buckraking

Winter Maintenance

Having a professional experienced team of operators year-round at Drew Watson & Co allows us to offer a fully insured professional winter maintenance service to both private and commercial clients. We monitor conditions throughout the winter months, working closely with the Met Office in order to provide the most appropriate cost-effective winter services for you while at the same time minimising disruption to you or your business. Our dedicated experienced team are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week allowing us to respond to any rapidly evolving winter weather emergencies, giving you complete peace of mind. We offer a number of winter maintenance services including: 

Snow clearance – machinery and operators to cover all levels of snow clearance from large private roadways to small public paths and everything inbetween

Salt spreading – car parks, public paths, private and public roadways 

Grit bin – supply, monitoring and maintenance 

Sale of salt – pallets and bulk bags of both brown rock and white salt available, with free local delivery

Solutions for all ice related risks to you or your business

Grounds Maintenance

Professionally maintained exterior grounds project a message about your company image, whilst enhancing wellbeing and sustainability. We understand the importance of this at Drew Watson & Co. Our Grounds Maintenance Team are trusted to look after landscapes for a number of commercial premises throughout Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria. 

 

In addition to being fully insured and SafeContractor approved all of our operators are highly trained in all aspects of health and safety offering you complete peace of mind. Our Operators hold a number of training certificates and licences including working at height, horticultural work, chainsaw operation and others, enabling us to offer a number of exterior grounds maintenance works including: 

 

All aspects of grass cutting and clearing

Weed control

Many aspects of tree services/arb work

Horticulture 

Hedge cutting, pruning and maintenance

Litter picking

Verge cleaning and maintenance

Power washing

Hire of specialist equipment