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Short term or long term possible. Wanted one or two people who have an interest in learning about dairying and sheep farming. Accommodation provided. Could suit someone or a whole family looking for a career change. In Southland. Please email your CV. Immediate start.
At Glenroy Farm we run about 2800 Romney ewes, 700 hoggets (yearling sheep), about 170 head of cattle and also do some dairy grazing in the winter on 1100 acres - some of which is rough peat country.
Glenroy produces high-yielding coarse wool, woolly-headed Romney ewe lambs and Border Leicester X Romney ewe lambs. Based in the southern most region of New Zealand, Glenroy Farm produces about 22,000kg of coarse (37 to 39 micron) crossbred wool. On average the ewes' wool is five to six inches long when it is shorn in mid-January.
If you're keen on hard work and want to see what it's like on a real working sheep and beef farm then do contact us. Generally we take people on from mid-August through until March each year. Often the young people who come to work for us are studying agriculture in their own country or are wanting to train to be vets, having said that we've had teachers, people planning to study to be lawyers, policemen, accountants and of course farmers.
So, whether you've come to see the sheep or for a grass-roots look at how a REAL New Zealand sheep farm operates there will be plenty to see and do. WHAT'S ON AT VARIOUS TIMES:
January - main clip shearing of ewes (usually about mid-Jan and takes between 3 and 5 days depending on the weather).
February - hay and balage making.
March - shearing of lambs and replacements.
April - The rams go out.
May - Duck shooting season open and the start of electric fencing.
June - Electric fencing and winter feeding of stock.
July - Still fencing and feeding stock.
August - Vaccinating of ewes prior to lambing, electric fencing and feeding stock.
September - Lambing
October - A few sheep still lambing, the start of tailing (docking) of lambs. Tractor work often begins.
November - Lots of tractor work, resowing brassica ground etc.. Lambs usually weaned abut mid-Nov.
December - Still more tractor work, and plenty of stock work. Weighing lambs etc..
From December through until about April, we are also weighing and drafting lambs weekly.
To give you an idea of our seasons:
Spring is Aug, Sep, Oct; Summer is Nov, Dec, Jan; Autumn is Feb, Mar, Apr; Winter is May, Jun, July. Often our best (most settled) weather is in February. |
