The postition is part of a wider large scale family owned business. Dairy 6 is located in the foothills on the banks of the Waimakariri river and is only partially irrigated by centre pivots with the remainder dryland which offers an opportunity to learn about a different system whilst being in the Canterbury region. A 4 year old 70bail rotary with full automation and wintering and support land located within the Woodstock property makes it an excellent place to learn and grow.
Rakaia Island Ltd (RIL) is a large scale family dairy farming business milking 9,000 cows on six dairy platforms plus dairy support and cropping. The properties are located at Rakaia Island, Southbridge and Woodstock Farms near Oxford. RIL takes pride in achieving high production through a grass based dairy system and provides an exciting sustainable environment for staff to live, learn and grow within the business. RIL adheres to traditional family values that respects and has empathy for their people, animals and land. Through perseverance, effective innovation and sustainable environment practices coupled with mentoring and development of people, an exceptional and unique business has grown and developed to become a very robust and exciting organisation to be part of.