Livestock Foreman October 2022 to present

Day to day management of 1100 Lleyn sheep and 140 Angus/ Simmental cattle. Flock management, breeding, cull and drafting selection. Welfare management, worming, foot trimming, shearing, vaccinations, grass and cover crop grazing systems, field maintenance, indoor lambing, record keeping. Indoor calving, castrating and tagging calves and welfare management. Since starting I have input a mob grazing system and cover crop grazing through the winter months in line with the arable rotations. Alongside this role I have assisted with the shoots held on the farm, feeding the pheasants on a daily basis, assisting with beating on shoot days and dogging in the pheasants out of hedgerows in my spare time.

Head Shepherd November 2016October 2022

Progressed from general farm worker to head shepherd in 2019. Promotion to head shepherd lead to sole focus on the 850 breeding ewes. Increasing the flock to 1100 to date. Flock management, purchase stock, breeding, cull and drafting selection. Welfare management, worming, foot trimming, shearing, vaccinations, grass and cover crop grazing systems, field maintenance, indoor and outdoor lambing, record keeping.

General Farm Worker/ Foreman July 2013 October 2016

Managed a small family livestock farm on a day to day basis.

Contract Shepherd October 2009June 2013

Self employed shepherd covering various locations in Scotland and Scottish Isles.

General Farm Worker August 2005 September 2009

Livestock husbandry on a family run farm assisting with cultivations.

Sparsholt Agricultural College September 2003July 2005