Herding cattle using a quad bike, in small or large groups

Winter feeding using loader tractor, feed wagon or telehandler

Operating pneumatic crush and weighing

Extended use of bedding machine in winter months

Skilled metal fabricator, repairing and adapting equipment and infrastructure, as well as maintaining & servicing vehicles

Spraying crops and utilising cropping technology

Hauling bales and silage on or off road

Fencing, using post driver

Responsible for checking and overseeing cattle, calves & their grazing

Spring calving 650 sucklers as part of small team, often solo

Very experienced at resolving calving problems and using a calving jack

Caring for newborn calves, reviving, tube feeding, establishing suckling, setting on

Finishing all calves and selecting prime stock for slaughter

Keeping accurate records

Tagging and clipping

Administering medication including catching calves in the field

Previously had own pedigree flock of sheep until a year ago.