Job profilesSee all JOB PROFILESFarming careers: From dairy herd manager to joint ventureMatt Hill, 33, has progressed from working as a unit manager on a dairy farm to being part of a joint venture milking 280 cows on a 255ha estate in… JOB PROFILESFarming careers: Working as a sprayer operatorStuart Goddard, 33, is the sprayer and combine operator and assistant manager at a 1,821ha joint venture business called Gilston Crop Management in Hertfordshire. The business grows wheat, barley, oilseed… CAREERS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENTFarming careers: Working as a pig unit managerRuth Thomas, 32, is the manager of 1,100 breeding sows and a 4,000-place nursery site on a 48ha farm in Norfolk. The outdoor breeding unit has just been converted from… JOB PROFILESFarming careers: Working as a poultry managerEd Wilson, 49, is the manager of a 180,000-bird poultry unit in Lincolnshire that supplies a large processor. He grew up in Malawi and is not from a farming background,… JOB PROFILESFarming careers: Tractor driver to assistant farm managerSimon Little, 35, is the assistant farm manager of the arable enterprise on a 3,000-acre mixed estate in East Sussex. From a non-farming background, Simon took a summer job carting… JOB PROFILESFarming careers: Working as a dairy herdspersonHannah Edwards, 32, works on 40ha Hill Farm, on the Shropshire-Powys border, which is home to the Crew Hill pedigree Holstein herd. The herd includes 180 milking cows and 170… JOB PROFILESFarming careers: Working as a pig stockpersonIn the first of a new series focusing on key roles and career progression in farming, we look at working in the pig sector. Find out what you need to… JOB PROFILESJob profile: What’s it like to be a technical agronomist?Digital data is changing agriculture, which means it’s changing the nature of jobs in agriculture. One of the country’s biggest farming companies, Beeswax Dyson Farming, has recently created the new… JOB PROFILESJob profile: What’s it like to be a food scientist?The journey of food from farm to fork can be a complex one – even seemingly simple products need to be processed and packaged before they can appear on a… JOB PROFILESJob profile: What's it like to be a herdsman?If you like the idea of working with animals in a role with plenty of responsibility, a job as a herdsperson could be perfect for you. They are responsible for… JOB PROFILESJob profile: What’s it like to run an agri-tech start-up?UK farming is on the brink of a fourth agricultural revolution, with artificial intelligence, robotics and big data expected to transform the future of food production. As such, it will… JOB PROFILESJob profile: What’s it like to work in animal genetics?Advances in genetics are key to efficient, profitable livestock production and feeding the world with healthy, tasty meat. If you’ve got a gift for science or maths and fancy… Jobs See more jobs
