Profile
Farm manager with eight years on a mixed grain and cattle farm in the Free State. Plans planting and harvesting, manages a team of 18 and keeps the farm within budget through good and bad seasons.
Experience bullets
- Managed 900 hectares of maize and soya, with yields above the district average in five of seven seasons.
- Supervised and scheduled a permanent team of 18 and up to 30 seasonal workers at harvest.
- Ran a herd of 250 beef cattle, including breeding, vaccination and feed planning.
- Kept input costs within the annual budget and maintained tractors, planters and harvesters to reduce breakdowns.
Skills
Crop planningLivestock managementStaff supervisionBudgets and recordsMachinery maintenanceIrrigationHealth and safetyFarm software
Say what the farm produces and how big it is, then give yields, herd sizes and the number of people you managed. Include your driver’s licence and any tractor or machinery training.