Would you like to contract milk close to town with no irrigation job, and with landowners that value family, honesty, and open communication? Ten minutes from Temuka, 1.5 hours to Christchurch.
400 cows dry land farm, 40 aside HB, 150,000 kgMS average (161,000 kgMS last season), with support block near by, crop, wintering, and run young stock.
Offer competitive package. Good support from landowner and farm consultant. Ideal steppingstone farm for a young couple willing to go into contract milking and wanting to be coached by experienced landowner and farm consultant. Or an experienced large farm contract milker wanting to scale down to manage the farm as a couple with a relief milker and not having to manage a large team of people and the stress involved with that.
Required to be residing in NZ with the right to work. A minimum or 36 months of full control farm management (2IC or farm management) experience with Level 4 in NZ Apprenticeship in Agriculture - Dairy farming Primary ITO is ideal.
Applicants close Sunday 31 Jan 2023.
Apply with resume and reference letter (maximum 2 pages) via farm source web site.