Education

Levels 3 agriculture diploma

Currently studying level 3 agriculture extended diploma

GCSEs

Business grade 5

Maths grade 5

Geography grade 4

Chemistry grade 4

English grade 4

Design and technology grade 6

Licenses

PA1 (2024)

Animal transport (short journeys)(2024)

Full UK driving license (11/24)

Tractor driving license (11/23)

Experience

I live on a small farm in Tavistock Devon where we keep a herd of pedigree Hereford cows and a flock of commercial Suffolk mule sheep. I am currently in the middle of a flock of 800 Suffolk mule sheep lambing throughout February where I have had hands on experience, from the first of march I am carrying on my lambing to another flock of 900 Suffolk mule sheep. I also spent 6 months last year as part of my course on the Dartmoor prison farm. I am very passionate about livestock and to be able to fit this lambing assistance job along side my level 3 agriculture course will allow me to gain further experience to pursue my intention to become a farm manager in the future. I have assisted with the lambing process for over 900 ewes, ensuring proper care for both ewes and lambs along side this although I am young and enthusiastic I have many years of experience and have been involved in many difficult lambings. On both farms I have worked all triplet lambs are tubed with colostrum at a young age and I am competent in doing this, alongside them being taken away and being fed. I am able to work in a team or on my own. I am confident in spotting problems quickly and being able to administer the relevant medicines if required.

Both my parents work full time along side running our small farm, my dad currently works on a 160 cow dairy unit as a herdsman while also running our farm at home. My mum currently works for a local vets practise full time doing all Tb testing administrations.

Employment

Daniel Edwards steel framed buildings, Devon-

May to September 2023.

Erecting steel framed buildings and associated concrete works during this period of time after finishing my GCSEs.

NH and MJ Cole Princetown Devon- October 2023 to June 2024. Running park of the Dartmoor prison farm with scotch blackface and swaledale sheep breeding mule lambs. Over this time I worked as a general farm worker while studying at college. This mainly involved livestock work along with some tractor driving.

Messrs R L Toop and sons Yelverton Devon-

June 2024- present

A beef and sheep enterprise currently running a herd of 200 suckler cows and a flock of 900 Suffolk mule sheep with all lambs being sold to Kepak. While working here I am involved in mainly livestock tasks. Currently all offspring from the beef herd are sold as forward stores. I have also been involved in the selection for slaughter of these lambs.

A T and R C Edwards

The home farm of beef and sheep consisting of 20 suckled cows being some south Devon cows and my herd of pedigree Herefords. We also run 80 breeding sheep comprising of pure beulah ewes and Suffolk and texel mule sheep.

C********* farm partners

January 2022- present

The farm consists of 300 head of beef cattle including 100 pedigree south Devon cows breeding pedigree breeding bulls along side a flock of 750 Suffolk mule sheep. I started working here from a very young age and am currently still working here as part of my college course.

Work experience

During me week of work experience at college I worked gained experience in dairy farming on a dairy farm in Somerset with 800 dairy cows and 800 followers milking in a rotary parlour

Interests

From a young age I have shown a keen interest in the breeding and health of livestock I gained these skills from working alongside my parents when not at school and college and working on other farms. I have always had a keen interest in pedigree Herefords at a young age of 12 I saved up enough money to purchase and establish my own herd of pedigree cows, from starting of with one cow I now have a strong herd of 10 with allows me to bring in extra income through selling breeding bulls to beef and dairy farms. This year I have also founded my own sheep flock which consists of pure Beulahs with the intention of breeding high quality mule lambs for commercial sheep flocks. This has allowed me to manage my own breeding animals along side gaining experience at other farms. I am always looking for new ways to make profit around the farm and as of 3 years ago we had an empty lambing shed for 11 months of the year so I took action and purchased rearing calves throughout the summer months to gain extra profit from empty spaces. I am also an active member of my local Tavistock young farmers where I am able to take part in different events including social and livestock judging. With my Herefords I attend local shows with them where I have been successful in winning different classes and silver ware.