Assistant Herd Manager, now a herd manager with a specialisation in Dairy Robotics.
BTEC
Mainly Livestock
Level three extended diploma in Agriculture
Full Car Licence
Tractor, Ploughing, PA1, Telehandler/Fork Lift, Fencing
Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing, Calving
I have experience in driving a number of different tractors and telehandlers that range from John Deere, Massy, Fiat Agri F130, renault, side boom Manitou, Super Agri JCB and pivot steer JCB.
I have also used a number of different implements along with the tractors such as; Grass mowing (flat bed mower and a trailed mower), grass raking, topping,Ploughing, Discing, Trailer work (muck carting and bail carting), Rolling (Cambridge rolls), power harrow and Fencing.
When using telehandlers:
Mucking out sheds, unloading goods/stacking goods, Feeding, laying astroturf, loading trailers.
TMR feeding for 2+years.
I April 2024 - Present
Herd Manager •
Herd health management; liasing with vet, foot trimmer, robot engineers etc; day to day management of the dairy; using management systems such as uniform, delpro and senshub etc; robotic milking machine maintenance; management of high yeilding cows; TMR feeding; AI; Calf rearing; Dry cow management; maintenance of automatic scrapers and machinery; fencing; general tractor work; staff training and management.
June 2022- April 2024
Assistant Herd Manager •
Robotic milking machine maintenance; Management of high yeilding cows; TMR feeding; Using management systems such as uniform, crystal and afimilk go etc; AI; Calf rearing; Dry cow management; Maintenance of automatic scrapers and machinery; Fencing; General tractor work; Staff training and management; General yard work eg scraping, bedding up.
May 2021 June 2022
Herdsperson •
Cow management; Milking twice day; Mastitis management; Paddock management; Parlour maintenance; Calf rearing; General yard work eg scraping and bedding up; Drying off.
January 2018 July 2019
Dairy worker •
Milking cows; Masitis management; Calf rearing; Parlour maintenance and General yard work.
Outside of these roles, I have:
-Grown up on an organic, robotic dairy farm, grazing on an ABC system.
-Entrepreneurs in Dairying course, completed December 2023
Male
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23
Getting married in May. Partner is also in the dairy industry.
United Kingdom
No Information
English
Yes
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No
Outside of these roles, I have:
-Grown up on an organic, robotic dairy farm, grazing on an ABC system.
-Entrepreneurs in Dairying course, completed December 2023
Start: 20/02/2025 Finish: Not Specified
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Permanent
Ideally a robotics unit with the possibility of grazing.