Overview:
Job Title: Newford Farm Manager.
Reporting To: Agriculture manager
Location: Newford Farm, Athleague, Co. Roscommon
Contract Type: Permanent, ful time

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• A Level 5 Advanced Certificate in Farm Administration and/or a Level 5 Advanced Cert in Agriculture or a related discipline.
• Grazing management, Animal Handling, Machinery operation, Breeding Management.
• Animal health and welfare.
• Health and Safety.
• Ability to work as part of a team, including consulting, collaborating and building relationships with key stakeholders.
• Strives for high quality of work and demonstrates commitment to the programme.
• Ability to communicate effectively to enable knowledge and technology transfer.

ROLE SUMMARY:

Newford Farm is a suckler beef demonstration farm which is based in Athleague, Co. Roscommon. It is a joint project between Dawn Meats and Teagasc and supported by McDonald’s. The herd is run on a fully commercial basis, demonstrating the potential of a suckler beef farm to improve farm performance and apply best practice in sustainability, when operated to the highest level of technical efficiency. Newford require a Farm Manager for the management of the herd along with the management of the newly established 200 head winter finishing unit.
Responsibilities:

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE BASED AT OUR NEWFORD FARM AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR:

• Welfare of the Herd calving, maintenance of the herd register, animal performance etc.
• Machinery operation - e.g. tractors, implements.
• Breeding management – heat detection and AI.
• Grassland management - grass allocation and management.
• Animal health management – identifying and treating basic animal health problems
• Working with Dawn Meats and Teagasc staff to facilitate public events on the farm
• Winter finishing unit management –feed management and herd health
• Management of seasonal and part time staff
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