Enthusiastic, dedicated dairy manager with over 20 years experience in NZ and Australia with a keen interest in dairy cow nutrition and efficient, profitable milk production.
Not listed
Mainly Livestock
Hoof trimming courses completed in Australia and continued interest and education in this field.
Certified for AI, involved in breeding programmes using Presync and Ovsync 56. FTI Heifer programmes, sexed semen, and embryo transfer.
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Baler, Ploughing, Drilling, Tracked Machine, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Calving
Strong mechanical knowledge and confident operating and maintaining a range of machinery and equipment including two wheelers, quads and UTV's, diggers, tractors and telehandlers, trailers, feed wagons and mixer wagons, various bale feeding equipment.
Field preparation, ploughing, drilling, raking, manure spreading. Harvest and storage of forages. Fertiliser calculation, application and recording. Management of silage. Environmental considerations and legalities.
Also have experience managing large irrigation systems.
Over 20 years working in the dairy industry which has also included management of beef animals. Handling calves and youngstock for vaccinations, weighing etc., dealing with dry cows and bulls, calving cows and high standard of colostrum management, AI of dairy cows, milk recording, hoof trimming and handling in yards and through crush for health checks, treatments and drafting etc. and managing down cows.
Movement of large groups of stock and fencing for rotational grazing management. Have a competent working cattle dog if required.
Also have experience with horses.
Male
My partner and I are focused on nutrition and staying healthy. We also have our hair tested for trace mineral analysis, as we have done with cows previously.
44
I have two adult children who live in Australia, and I live with my partner of nearly ten years who is also involved in the dairy industry working as a genetics consultant. We do have three dogs, two working cattle dogs and one 2 year old old family dog.
New Zealand on British Partnership Visa
Dorset
English
Yes
-
Attend the gym, fishing, golf, reading, socialising, and taking my partner out on my road bike.
5'10" tall, 80kg, like to eat well and keep fit and strong, attend the gym regularly.
None
Since arriving in the UK in September 2020 I have been overseeing the development of an organic dairy conversion including daily management of staff and dairy operations, and implementing SOP as well as occupying an advisory role to the estate owner during the design and growth of the new enterprise.
04/09/17 30/05/2020
MANAGING COUPLE,TE AWAMUTU, NEW ZEALAND
280 cows, split calving, 80 hectares, 500kg/ms/cow. System 4-5, maize, PKE, canola, grass silage and minerals fed on feed pad.
Sole charge responsibility for daily farm management, paddock rotation, mixed ration, rearing replacements, effluent and irrigation, topping, mowing, ploughing and cropping. Reporting to farm owners and sharemilker.
7/08/16 31/04/17
DAIRY FARM MANAGER,FARM, HUNTLY, NEW ZEALAND
300 cows, Spring calving, 140 hectares. System 1 pasture based plus PKE and silage.
Responsible for daily farm management reporting to farm owner.
01/06/15 31/07/16
DAIRY FARM MANAGER, FARM, ORURU, NEW ZEALAND
290 cows, split calving, 120 hectares, 420kg/ms/cow. System 3-4, grazing ryegrass, clover and chicory. Maize, grass silage, PKE and DDG fed on feed pad.
Responsible for daily farm management, as well as tractor work including cropping, and tanking effluent. Reporting to farm owners.
30/11/12 - 31/01/15
DAIRY FARM MANAGER, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
450 cows, Spring calving, 240 hectares, 550kg/ms/cow. Pasture based growing 8T/h, lucerne hay and in shed feed 2T/cow.
Sole charge manager responsible for daily farm operations, budget and staff management, monthly reporting to investors.
Page 2
10/07/11 - 30/08/12
DAIRY HERD MANAGER, CONSOLIDATED DAIRIES. VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
1200 cows, all year round calving, 900 hectares. 10,000L/cow. 800 cow free stall barn, total mixed ration with some grazing.
Responsible for daily management of 19 staff, animal health and breeding programmes, nutrition and hoof trimming. reporting to directors and investors weekly.
10/09/07 - 30/06/11
CONTRACT MANAGER, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
180 cows, split calving, 50 hectares, 8200L/cow. Pasture 4T/cow, lucerne hay/conserved forage 800kg/cow, 1.4T/cow concentrate in shed feed.
Responsible for daily farm management, working closely with nutritionist, reporting to farm owner. Took BMCC from 350,000 to 180,000. Number one ranked herd in Australian Selection Index (ASI) for three years, winner of Murray Gouldburn Milk Quality Awards.
10/04/1999 - 10/09/07
Worked on a variety of family owned, irrigated dairy farms, Victoria, Australia.
Start: 01/12/2023 Finish: Not Specified
South West
Permanent
South West, Somerset/Dorset/Wiltshire/Gloucestershire.