I have a passion for agriculture, I am currently working as a farm manager on a calf rearing and venison farm. Prior to this I was working as a general farm worker on a beef farm, rearing beef cattle through until finished and finishing store lambs through the winter.
BTEC
Mixed Farming
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Full Car Licence, Tractor Licence
Tractor, Baler, Ploughing, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
My tractor experience includes grass management, mowing, spinning and rowing grass for hay/silage, a small amount of ploughing, baling all of my previous farms straw and all of his contractor bailing and wrapping work.
I can drive tracked machines such as diggers and tracked post knockers, I spent a year working as a fencing contractor, doing various agricultural fencing as well driving diggers up to 12tone, ditching and ground work for horse arenas putting in drains.
During my college years I worked on a sheep dairy where I helped with milking, lambing and general farm work. After this I began working with cattle, starting with a small herd of 60 Dexters.
My previous work place (of almost 4 years) I was a beef herdsman, taking care of all aspects of a 200 Belgium blue cross herd from weaned to finished.
Currently I am a farm manager on a calf rearing and venison farm. I rear Wagyu from 2 weeks old until they reach 150KG and the daily care/management of 160 breeding red deer hinds, plus their followers.
Male
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25
I am not married but me and my girlfriend do live together and would move together.
United Kingdom
Dumfries & Galloway
English
Yes
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Outside of work I enjoy training and working my two gun dogs. I also have a 18 month collie who I have been training to work along side me to help myself with working cattle and sheep.
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Currently, I manage a calf rearing and venison farm alongside my partner.
I have been a general farm worker on a beef farm looking after 200 head of Belgium blue cross steers and heifers. At this farm, I did their grassland management and a small amount of arable. we wintered 300 store lambs that have been mainly my responsibility.
Previous to this I have been working as a Tree Surgeon and Fencing Contractor. This company also had a 250 acre beef and arable farm where I helped wherever was required.
Start: 18/11/2024 Finish: Not Specified
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Permanent
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