Herdsperson

HERDSPERSON ROLE
ASHWELL HERTFORDSHIRE
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A contract vacancy presents the opportunity for a forward-thinking dairy enthusiast to take responsibility in a fresh dairy team on a large mixed farming business. The team currently care for 270 cows calving all year. The herd is TMR fed and are milked through completely new facilities since the autumn of 2021 with auto ID/sense time, ADF and auto shedding/handling area with a fully computerised parlour dairy office management system.

The original housing for the herd has already been through a comprehensive refurbishment and is now being expanded for the increase in cow numbers as we rise to around 300 cows with home grown herd expansion.

Key points to the position are:

• To take a share in the responsibility for the commercial, quality milk production, working with milking herd, dry stock and young stock throughout the unit.
• Ability and willingness to TMR feed
• The drive, skills and initiative to compliment an enthusiastic and dedicated farming team/ business.

We are also able to offer with this position a very competitive remuneration package with 127 days off per year, an excellent and very well-equipped 3-bedroom house, free from rent, water rates and council tax pleasantly situated on the farm.  

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