Job Description
Morrison Farming is a dynamic, family farming business, consisting of an intensive finishing property and a hill-country breeding property, both located north of Marton in the Rangitikei.
The successful applicant will largely be based on our 5,500 stock unit finishing property, Fern Flats, 8km from Marton. But the right applicant will also be involved on our nearby 8,600 stock unit hill country property, Mangara.
Performance recording is a key focus for Morrison Farming, as well as growing stock on a wide variety of forage.
The position is tailored toward someone with a few years on-farm experience and some level of tertiary training through an ITO or Agricultural College along.
This role involves primarily stock work, stock management and general farm maintenance as required. The Stock Manager/2IC will report to the Business Manager/Owner.
The successful applicants will ideally display:
- Experience with sheep and cattle, including performance recording.
- Experience with general farm maintenance and repairs.
- Pasture management expertise.
- Progressive and positive attitude.
- Team-player.
- Some leadership skills and experience.
- Attention to detail and recording.
- A good working dog is desirable.
- Punctuality, honesty, reliability and adherence to the Morrison Farming Health & Safety Policy.
- A readiness to work additional hours when necessary.
We offer a structured Monday to Friday working week, with one weekend on a month.
Morrison Farming supports ongoing training opportunities. A competitive salary package will be negotiated based on experience.
A full New Zealand Driver’s Licence is required.
Single accommodation is available, or alternative options can be considered/negotiated.
Morrison Farming is a smoke free workplace.
Please email your covering letter, CV and the contact details of two recent work referees to Erica.vanreenen@gmail.com or contact William on 027 640 1166 or Erica on 027 455 5616 if you have any questions. A Job description can be provided on request.
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Morrison Farming is a family owned and operated sheep and beef farming agri-business. Morrison’s have farmed at the main farm since 1864. We have properties on two locations totaling 1250 effective hectares. We winter 14,000 stock units, 50% sheep and 50% cattle.
The stock class is matched with the land type by running the breeding ewes and the breeding cows on the hills. The flats are used for growing heifers and hoggets, and finishing lambs and bulls. A key focus of the business is balancing feed supply with animal demand. Having scale, multiple species, and a variety of land types complements this.
Using crops, some supplement, fertiliser and good grazing management (rotational grazing) ensures we grow as much feed as possible, which is converted to as much product as possible. We calve heifers at 2 years old and lamb hoggets at 1 year. Cows and ewes have high reproductive performance, and growing and finishing livestock are grown at the maximum. Farm technologies including Farmax, Cash Manager, FarmIQ, performance recording of cattle and sheep and EID support on-farm practices, decision making and help us to analyse the business.