Farm Manager

Park Farm Ltd - Bath Soft Cheese

Park Farm, Bath, is a dairy farm that supplies Bath Soft Cheese with the milk required for making a range of awarding-winning artisan cheeses. There is a viewing gallery over the milking parlour and a café and farm shop. We host one of the largest Open Farm Sundays.

We are looking for a committed and passionate farm manager to manage all aspects of our dairy farm, covering 600 acres of grassland and 160 cows in the milking herd.

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of three full time staff and one part time
• Day to day care of the milking herd, cull cows and young stock including leading interactions with the farm vets
• Plan and manage grazing, feeding, bedding, silage making and breeding programmes
• Registering of livestock, record keeping, managing red tractor audits and compliance
• Manage maintenance and input on investment decisions
• Support team development and performance

Ideal Candidate:

• Excellent dairy livestock and animal husbandry knowledge
• Manager and motivator of a team
• Confident driver of telescopic and tractors

Offer:

Competitive salary and package including a house. Opportunity for progression within the wider business. Chance to live in a beautiful part of England close to Bath and Bristol.

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