A 50/50 sharemilking opportunity and working towards first farm steppingstone in south Westland. Landowners are willing to help the right candidate in any way needed.
The job is offered for 240 peak cows and 190 effective hectares. 125 hectares could be for milking platform and 65 hectares as support block for young stock and wintering, all self-contained. Suggested target is 78,000 kgMS with current farm system (325kgMS/cow or 624 kgMS/ha). 28 Aside Herringbone milking shed with automatic cup removers and reporoa hill lift backing gate.
This season the farm is milking once a day 370 cows budgeting 50 t DM PKE (135kgDM/cow) and 500 bales of silage (169kgDM/cow, milking platform only), wintering cows on milking platform with support run off beside for young stock. Last season the farm produced 124,000 kgMS with half of the season once a day.
The job comes with a 5-bedrooms sharemilker house, 4 bedrooms staff accommodation and school bus at gate. Support from progressing landowners and farm consultants available. Ideally stock will need to be purchased from landowners for mutual benefits.
Required to be residing in New Zealand with the right to work. A minimum of five years with dairy farm management experienced in New Zealand and three years as sharemilking, contract milking or farm ownership. Level 4 in New Zealand Apprenticeship in Agriculture – Dairy farming from PrimaryITO or higher qualification would be preferably.
Application closes on Thursday 1st of October at 5pm with interviews starting on second week of October. Take the opportunity to farm ownership and grow in a positive dairy outlook market. Apply with Resume and three referees (maximum 2 pages).
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