Find Your Future in NZ Farming

Our team member is moving to WA! Which has created the opportunity for someone new to join our team. We are looking for a motivated, reliable person to join our small team who has the right attitude and willingness to learn, with some farm experience already. We run an efficient high input dairy farm milking 730 cows through a 54 bale-rotary, milking twice a day all year round. We have a split calving herd, maximise the use of 2 large feed barns for daily feeding and shelter and rear all the calves on farm. Your daily tasks include but not limited to: Milking cows with excellent animal husbandry skills. Operating tractor, mixer wagon and feeding out to cows. Maintenance of facilities, vehicles and machinery. General farm duties including setting up paddocks, water management, weed/pest control, feeding calves, fencing and general farm repairs. This role could suit a single person (single accommodation available) or family (3 bedroom home available). If this sounds like an...

We are looking for a competent and 100% reliable employee for our dairy farm on the outskirts of Hamilton. Employment options available for immediate start in a premium location just 7 km North of The Base. We milk 330 cows through a 23 a-side herringbone shed with ACRs and in-shed feeding system. As we are a small team (2 full time staff plus relief milker) we like everyone to be hands-on  doing all the tasks required to ensure the smooth running of the farm. What we are looking for in a team member would be someone with good common sense and who is quiet with stock, preferably from a farming background, with excellent animal health & husbandry and general on-farm skills including tractor experience, good time management skills and not afraid to get stuck in and get the job done. If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you. Remuneration can be negotiated according to experience and responsibilities. There may also be work available for a partner. We are a drug...

We are looking for a Herd Manager wanting to develop and further their career. Our ideal candidate will be someone who has high standards, is competent in all aspects of dairy farming and maintains drive for getting on with the job. Participation in monthly reporting and recording is essential and a variety of platforms are used for on farm management including Tabular and Minda. Job duties You must be motivated and have good stockmanship, good animal health skills and good pasture management skills.  You are required to manage milk harvesting and milk quality, fix any faults in the milking plant and farm dairy equipment. Implement and monitor animal health plan, records and reports. Diagnose and treat all animal health issues, demonstrate best practice in all areas of animal handling, health and welfare. Support and training of staff.  Monitor pasture cover, feed intakes and cow condition. Implement a feed plan. Manage farm effluent plan in line with regional council...

we are looking for am experienced farm worker (12+ mouths) for and assistant 2ic role milking 1050 cows through a 60 bail rotary shed, shed includes. auto draft allfex  collars  auto teat spray wand  cup removers waves on platform rubber mat on platform inshed feeding (all year round) malaises (just for cow flow) no heifers The farm is located just 15 minutes from Waiamate and Oamaru, you'll have a range of responsibilities in aiding the farm manager (team of 4) to run the farm including: milking shed management  animal health (treating milk fever/sick animals) maintenance of machinery staff management  driving tractors  

Please send your C.V. and a little about yourself to [email protected] We are seeking a full time Dairy Farm Assistant. Our current team member is moving on to a new career choice. Our farm is located near the Dunedin airport on the Taieri plains, 15 minutes south of Mosgiel, 30 minutes from central Dunedin. We milk 325 cows twice a day through a 40-aside herringbone shed on 156 effective hectares. We like to feed our cows very well to maximise the milk they produce. We aim to have a high genetic merit herd with great production so we can milk less cows for more milk. We raise our calves on-farm and winter our cows here too. Some experience is preferred but training will be provided in all aspects of the job. The job involves (on a seasonal basis): Milking cows; Plant and vat wash; Feeding cows; Tractor driving, particularly filling a feedout wagon and feeding cows, feeding baleage on crop during winter, topping, carting baleage, scraping...

To assist with daily running of the farm alongside Operations Manager and Senior Farm Assistant

**NZ Citizens only** We are seeking someone honest and reliable to help us through calving and ab this would be assisting in shed, plus general spring time farming duties(July-november) 30 hours a week. Possibility for the right applicant to stay on after this for milkings, general farm work and feeding out using wagon. We currently milking 320 cows through a 30 a side herringbone shed, with cup removers. We are herd owning sharemilkers, farm is situated on the coast, halfway between manaia and hawera. Flexible start date.

Are you looking for a new challenge?  Are you able to work individually and part of a team? Are you able to be sole charge on a farm when required? We have just purchased the neighboring farm which has created a unique opportunity for someone.  The successful candidate will be a "floater" between both of our 2 farms. 10 minutes from Ashburton located in the heart of mid canterbury. Our ideal person is someone with a can-do attitude, who is looking to progress through the dairy industry. We want someone who will buy in and help us create a strong team, who is self-motivated and is driven to work to a high standard.  Genal farm duties are required- milking, feeding of cows, irrigation and farm maintenance. We are a self-contained level 2 farming system, so there is winter grazing and young stock to tend to as well throughout the year. We pride ourselves of having a good work/ life balance for all- just not milking cows!   Experience preferred (training on our system...

We are looking for a farm manager or 2ic. We milk 250 cows through a 40 bail rotary shed with in shed feeding. Close to Milton for schools and 20 minutes too Mosgiel. Must have driver’s license. On farm accommodation, 3 bedroom house. 

I am seeking a hard working Herd Manager for our farm in Timaru. You will be working along side myself as the contract milker and my 2ic. We run 6 on 1 off roster during calving and 5 on 2 off for the rest of the season. You must be honest and reliable. Duties include but are not limited to milking twice a day, shifting irrigation, feeding out, identifying animal heath issues, treating and recording and issues. The farm has good housing and farming facilities, 42 aside herringbone, Allflex collars, auto drafting, pivot irrigation, hard hose guns, klines. The milking platform is 190 ha and the remaining 40 ha is used for wintering. The herd is wintered on farm. A Tidy 1 bedroom unit is available for accommodation.     No criminal record is a must and you may be subject to a pre employment and random drug testing.