Manage farm operations including livestock management, crop cultivation, fruit and vegetable production and other agricultural enterprises.
Crop Production
Perform annual tasks to grow a wide variety of crops such as grains, oilseeds, sugar cane, cotton, fruits, and vegetables.
Livestock Production
Manage the breeding and raising of a wide range of animals including beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, and poultry.
Tasks
* Prepare or assist with preparation of annual forecasts, budgets and other business plans.
* Recruit, supervise and ensure the ongoing training of farm staff.
* Maintain production and other farm records including the estimated operating costs, ordering of farm inputs, marketing of produce and monitoring of animal health and feeding requirements.
* Control costs of production in line with budget expectations.
* Produce crops and/or livestock to achieve volume, quality and cost objectives.
* Clean and maintain buildings, sheds, equipment and facilities to ensure health standards and high quality of produce.
* Ensure safe and effective handling of equipment.
* Undertake activities to minimise environmental degradation. Monitor environmental effects of farming activities and repair existing damage.
* Plan and organise marketing and sale of produce to achieve high returns.
Crop Production Tasks
* Select crop types and determine area to be sown.
* Conduct a wide range of farming operations including cultivation, sowing, spraying and harvesting.
Livestock Production Tasks
* Care and raise livestock for the production of meat, wool, milk and other animal products.
* Ensure good animal health is maintained through provision of adequate quality and quantity of pasture and other feed.
* Organise and conduct general farm activities including livestock control, pest management, shearing, milking and mating.
For this position, the skills required could have been developed through on-the-job training, previous work experience in other related roles, and through specialised and/or vocational training and/or through a Tertiary Qualification in Science, Humanities or Commerce.
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