2 50 50 sharemilker jobs found

The dairy farm has a 7-year-old 50 bale rotary, with ACR’s, auto teat spray, auto drafting and in-shed feeding.  Halter is well established, and is a shared 25/75 cost between the FO and SM (used on the dairy and runoffs).   Solar panel power to the shed and water supply is being investigated.  The farm is in a rectangle shape with great lanes and cow movement.  There is no river boundary or irrigation.  It is well set up with regular regrassing (summer crops) and a very sound fertiliser history.  The current FO and SM have been farming the property together for the last 4 years – with the SM now progressing to buy their own property (the herd has already been sold).  Rearing 25% replacements.  Production has increased each year (last year 195,759 and 450/cow) and is on target to break 200,000 this season.  With the addition of the new 90 ha runoff (15 minutes from the dairy – and where the owner lives); it is intended to increase cow numbers up to 450 to winter; and...

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...