My 12-hour shifts consisted of feeding cattle in the morning with the use of a Keenan Mixer wagon, tractor work in the afternoon which would range from spreading muck, slurry and operating a twin disc fertiliser spreader as well as mixing slurry, and then operating the Manitou to load and unload bales, fertiliser and various odd jobs like scraping silage. I also have various experience driving quadbikes throughout the farm doing daily tasks such as feeding sheep and catching lambing ewes etc.

I had the opportunity to work on a farm through the college which was situated near the Scottish Borders and held 1500 Blue Faced Leicester Cross Ewes and 200 Pedigree Beltex and 200 Hereford Cross Beef Cattle. My shifts involved general animal husbandry which included the feeding, watering, dosing and bedding of animals, the moving of sheep to another area and also lambing, which I assisted with throughout the evening. This provided me with invaluable experience and helped me develop a better understanding of what it entails to work in a high paced and challenging work environment. This has also allowed me to become more comfortable working at a much higher scale than previously taught throughout college.