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Retired tenant farmer looking for full time position with accommodation.
BTEC, NDA
Mixed Farming
Storage and Use of Aluminium Phosphide
Use and Maintenance of Chainsaw
Use of Veterinary Medicine
Use of Telehandler
Food and Dairy Hygiene
Rodent Control
Health and Safety for Employers
First Aid for Employers
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Other harvesters, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
Most aspects of crop establishment. Primary and secondary cultivations plus drilling.
Limited spraying and combining experience.
All aspects of grassland maintenance.
Fertiliser application.
Operating own machinery to make clamped silage and hay.
Carting and storing combinable crops at harvest.
Carting and storing straw.
Operating a conventional baler.
80 dairy cows until 1995. All aspects of herd management.
Small scale suckler cows from 1995 to 2007
1000 ewe dairy flock from 1989 to 2023. Lambing 3 times a year to produce all year round milk supply. All aspects of flock management including milking, tupping, lambing, lamb rearing, general husbandry tasks. Other work included breeding and stock selection, marketing stock.
Male
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62
Married
United Kingdom
West Midlands
English
Yes
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Spend time with family and friends, Travel Sport Read Attending live entertainment venues
5'10'' 14.5 stone
No
Grew up on a 130 acre rented dairy and arable farm near Coventry.
Attended Shuttleworth College 1982-85. Graduated as Top Student with B/Tech ND in Agriculture.
Middle year spent working on a 1000 acre dairy and arable farm. Milking 230 cows plus followers. 400 acres grassland 600 acres cereals.
Worked for various neighbours at lambing plus grass and crop harvest time.
Returned to the family farm in 1985
Helped run home dairy herd until disbanded in 1995
Established a 40 ewe dairy flock in 1989. Was solely responsible for it's running and development. Grew to 1000 ewes by 2015. Disbanded in 2023.
Oversaw the growth of the farm from 137 to 380 acres in 2005.
Succeeded as tenant of home farm in 2010
Fully engaged with all aspects of running the farm from hands on outside to office based work
Spent significant time negotiating with HS2
Start: 31/03/2025 Finish: Not Specified
South West
Permanent
Welsh Borders or West Country. The location is secondary to the quality of the position. I'm not looking for a management role but somewhere where my experience would be respected, valued and used, enabling me to help those around me achieve their goals.
