We are looking for dairy farm assistant for our dairy unit we milk 300 cows on 100 h farm
85h farm is irrigated from k line and we have runoff block 15km away from farm where we keep 180 claves including beef
You need to be physically fit as you willbe working alongside herd manager and contract milker
You must have 1 year dairy farm experience or relevant qualifications
Share accommodation is provided on farm and you must be ready to wakeup in early morning at 4am to milk the cows and you maybe required to go runoff to do the calves job
And there is lot of maintenance work on farm
Your jobs
Milking cows twice a day
Moving k line on daily routine
Feeding out with tractor and bale feeder
Feeding pke with meal trailer into paddock
Shifting cows if required on daily basis
Doing jobs on runoff if required
Weed spray
Fencing and general farm maintenance
We are looking for hardworking herd manager for our new contract milking farm near kahutara
You must have atleast 2 years nz dairy farm experience or Level 4 or above qualifications for this job
Responsibility
Milking twice a day
K Line irrigation
Spreading urea
Assisting in claving and calf rearing
Able to draft cows for mating
Tractor driving and feeding out in pdk
Follow health and Safety compliance
Weed control and treating lame cows
You will be working alongside contract milker