4 herd manager jobs found in Ashburton

Keen to be part of something new and exciting? We’re looking for a motivated Herd Manager to join our team where culture, performance, and people genuinely matter. We’re a supportive, positive team who enjoy the work we do and look out for each other — but we’re also serious about farming well. We have high expectations when it comes to milking cows, animal health and feeding allocation with high attention to detail in the cow shed. If you take pride in doing a job properly and want to keep lifting your standards, you’ll fit right in. The farm is located 15 minutes East of Asburton through a 80 Bail Rotary shed. (Auto teatsprayer, Halter and protrack) 2 years experience or a qualification Level 4 or above relevant to agriculture required . Must be capable tractor operator and must be able to do rotorainers Understands and takes responsibility for daily tasks such as running of the dairy, effluent management and feeding. Completes tasks with minimal supervision and...

Mitcham Holdings is looking for an enthusiastic Herd Manager to join their team! Calving down 780 cows in spring, operational facilities include: A 60-bail rotary dairy  ACR’s with auto in-bail teat spray. Pro-track drafting with in-bail ID and Allflex collar monitoring. In shed feeding (grain and molasses) with the individual feeding module. The preferred applicant will be favourable if they have: -have a minimum of 6-12 month experience in NZ farming  - have completed minimum Level 2 Dairy farming qualification - have assisted with training of junior staff - have experience with plant management - have experience with pasture management Key activities in this role with be milking cows, feed management, general care of stock, farm maintenance, stock records, staff management, health n safety and farm administration. We are looking for an employee who are passionate about farming, are reliable and able to work well...

We are looking for an experienced farm worker (2+ years) to work as a Herd Manager on a 700-cow farm in the Ashburton area. The farm is located  10-15 minutes to Ashburton, 30 minutes from Mt Hutt Ski Field and milking through a 54 Rotary Bale shed . You'll have a range of duties to keep you busy, interested and developing including: Milking and monitoring milk quality stock handling and feeding (feed mgt), fencing, weed control, calving, calf rearing, shed maintenance & preparation, tractor operation for feeding out, baling, mowing and silage  monitoring, recording and maintaining animal health and other general farm duties. Candidates must have competent and strong in milking, centre pivot, and tractor work experience. Weekly hours are a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 50. Since farm work is dependent on a number of unknown factors like weather and animals, any hours worked beyond the agreed maximum in a fortnightly pay period...

ABOUT US: We are owner/operators on a coastal farm located 20mins from both Ashburton and Rakaia. We operate a 185 Ha platform, milking 600 cows with a grass-based system with wintering on platform. We have a 40 ASHB shed with ACR's, walkover teat spray, Protrack drafting gate & CowManager. We are always investigating further opportunities to integrate technology to increase efficiencies and futureproof on farm procedure. The farm is fully irrigated by pivots and rotorainers. The three-year average milk production is 440kgMS/cow with approximately 500kg/cow of supplement. Our young stock are grazed off farm. We are passionate about our cows and our people. We run as a team of 4 full time staff plus a calf-rearer and relief milkers through the season. We strive for the highest standard of animal welfare and husbandry; whilst maintaining emphasis on a healthy work/life balance for our team and their families. It is important to us that our people are growing and succeeding, and...