Do you want to work 5 days a week and live just 10 minutes from the Hamilton suburb of Rototuna in a supportive, professional environment with a desire to develop people.
Milking 520 cows at Gordonton, we are targetting 270,000 kg milksolids this season from our friendly girls who rank in the top 2% on BW.
Excellent pasture management, aided by the Aimer app, and a healthy, happy, well fed herd are important to us, as is sharing our knowledge with people wanting to grow.
We seek an NZ citizen or resident to work alongside us to achieve our goals. An ability to learn is essential.
The key duties of the role are centred on caring for our herd and pastures, being:
You might be the person to fill our role if you:
With a vision to "Excel in Dairy' we operate a 158 ha spring calving dairy farm milking 520 quiet, very high BW cows, as well as 95 ha cropping unit growing feed for both our dairy farm and others in the district.
We have a values driven culture, focused on integrity, mutual respect and doing the right thing all of the time.
We are fortunate to have a senior team member who has been with us 17 years, starting as a Farm Assistant and now leading the team. A happy, productive team is important to us.
Our farm is flat and well laid out, with a rotary dairy with ACR's, in shed feeding and auto teat sprayer.