Farmcrete is a purpose-designed concrete for rural and agricultural environments. It is engineered to handle heavy loads, frequent washdowns, abrasion, and exposure to effluent and silage acids common on farms.

Where can Farmcrete be used?

Farmcrete is suitable for a wide range of farm applications, including dairy yards, feed pads, holding yards, raceways, laneways, silage pits, washdown pads, workshops, machine sheds, and livestock housing.

What concrete strength is recommended for Farmcrete?

While Farmcrete can be supplied in different strengths, a 30 MPa mix is generally recommended for farm environments to improve resistance to abrasion, effluent, and silage acids and to support long-term durability.

Is Farmcrete suitable for heavy machinery and livestock traffic?

Yes. Farmcrete is designed to withstand livestock movement, tractors, feed trucks, scraping equipment, and other heavy farm machinery when designed and installed correctly.

Is Farmcrete harder to place or finish?

Farmcrete is placed using standard concrete practices. Because fibres are included in the mix, finishing timing is important to achieve a smooth surface, but no specialist equipment is required.

Can Farmcrete help reduce construction time?

Yes. With fibre reinforcement pre-mixed into the concrete, Farmcrete can reduce the need for steel mesh, helping speed up site setup and installation.

Can DesignHub help with Farmcrete design and specification?

Yes. DesignHub (https://www.thedesignhub.co.nz/)can assist with mix selection, Farmcrete savings calculations, slab thickness guidance, and reviewing plans to ensure Farmcrete is used appropriately for each project.

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Farmcrete helps farmers build smarter, faster, and more confidently, supporting the work you do every day.

Our Services for Farmcrete

Farmcrete is purpose-designed for rural New Zealand, delivering improved durability and resistance to acidic attack from effluent and silage. Through DesignHub, we provide tailored support to help ensure your project is efficient, consent-ready (where required), and built to perform in demanding farm conditions.

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Farmcrete Savings Calculation

This service provides a comparative cost estimate highlighting the potential savings of using Farmcrete instead of traditional concrete.

Why use it:

Helps you and your client clearly understand the value of choosing Farmcrete by estimating potential savings in materials, labour, and installation time.

General Design Advice

Expert guidance to help you plan and build rural concrete areas that last.
We can help confirm the right layout, thickness, falls, and jointing so your Farmcrete pour performs under livestock traffic, machinery loading, daily scraping, and washdown cycles.

Examples of advice:

Slab thickness recommendations
Joint spacing and saw cut guidance
Helping match Farmcrete use to the right farm application

Quoting

Support to help you quote Farmcrete projects more accurately and confidently. We can review plans, confirm slab build-ups, and provide guidance on specification expectations so you can price and plan with fewer unknowns.

What’s included:

Review of planned use areas (dairy yard, feed pad, raceway, silage zone, etc.)
Indicative slab thickness + jointing approach
Guidance on key site prep requirements (subgrade/subbase considerations)

Mix Design Specification

Not sure what mix you need for your farm environment? We’ll help specify it. Farmcrete is manufactured using Allied Concrete’s low-carbon mix, Ecrete and is designed for abrasion, acid resistance, and low permeability.

What to expect:

Recommendation of the right mix for your application
Notes for placing and finishing Farmcrete correctly
Advice on durability expectations in effluent/silage exposure zones

General Enquiries

Farmcrete is built for harsh environments where slabs are driven on, walked on, scraped, washed, and exposed to acids. We can help answer general enquiries and performance requirements so you can build with confidence.

Why choose Farmcrete?

Farmcrete is engineered specifically for rural environments, where concrete is exposed to constant loading, abrasion, moisture, and aggressive conditions. It is designed to perform in areas subject to livestock traffic, heavy machinery, daily scraping, and regular washdowns.

By improving density and reducing permeability,

Farmcrete offers increased resistance to silage acids and effluent exposure, helping extend service life and reduce long-term maintenance. Fibre reinforcement is pre-mixed into every load, supporting faster installation and improved crack control without adding complexity on site.

Manufactured using Allied Concrete’s low-carbon concrete, Ecrete, Farmcrete delivers reliable performance while supporting more sustainable farm development, making it a practical choice for modern agricultural construction.

Why choose Farmcrete?

By improving density and reducing permeability,

Sustainability

Farmcrete supports more sustainable rural construction by incorporating Ecrete low-carbon concrete within its mix design. This helps reduce embodied CO₂ while still delivering the durable, long-lasting performance farms rely on.

Ecrete achieves lower emissions through smarter mix design, lower clinker content, and the use of supplementary cementitious materials. The result is reduced carbon without compromising strength, durability, or long-term serviceability.
Farmcrete is designed to deliver the same practical performance expected from conventional concrete, while helping lower the carbon footprint of each pour. It is a straightforward step toward more efficient, environmentally responsible farm development.

Farmcrete can be specified with confidence for rural projects where durability and long service life matter.
Every load of Farmcrete reflects Allied Concrete’s commitment to responsible sourcing and environmental transparency.

Incorporates Ecrete low-carbon concrete within its mix design

Backed by Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) data where required

Supported by nationwide local manufacturing to help reduce transport emissions
The Farmcrete Savings Calculation is a comparative cost estimate highlighting potential savings of using Farmcrete instead of traditional concrete.

It helps you and your client understand the value of choosing Farmcrete by estimating potential savings in materials, labour, and installation time.