Solway College
Farmer/Farm Manager Kaiahuwhenua/Kaiwhakahaere Pāmu
Farmers/farm managers manage and work on farms. Farmers own or lease the land, while farm managers operate farms for farm owners.
Farmers/farm managers may do some or all of the following:
- buy and sell stock, and manage stock-breeding programmes
- provide food, care and shelter for animals
- herd and shift stock
- handle and train farm dogs
- maintain and repair farm equipment such as vehicles and machinery
- hire and supervise workers such as shepherds and shearing gangs
- buy feed, machinery and other farming materials
- maintain and clean farm buildings, yards and fences
- manage financial and farming records and accounts.
Physical Requirements
Farmers/farm managers need a reasonable level of fitness and stamina, as they spend a lot of time walking around farmland, tending to animals, and carrying out maintenance. Good health is also important.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for farmers/farm managers includes:
- any type of farm or farm management work
- animal-handling work
- driving tractors and using machinery
- engineering work such as welding
- shearing
- work as a stock and station agent – buying or selling sheep, cattle or deer
- managing others.
Personal Qualities
Farmers/farm managers need to be:
- confident and caring with animals
- hard-working and responsible
- independent
- adaptable
- practical and good at solving problems
- good communicators and managers
- well organised, with good planning skills.
Useful Experience
Useful experience for farmers/farm managers includes:
- any type of farm or farm management work
- animal-handling work
- driving tractors and using machinery
- engineering work such as welding
- shearing
- work as a stock and station agent – buying or selling sheep, cattle or deer
- managing others.
Subject Recommendations
At least three years' secondary school education is recommended. Useful subjects include agriculture, horticulture, maths, accounting, biology, business studies and science.
Farmer/Farm Managers can earn around $65K per year per year.
Chances of getting a job as a Farmer/Farm Manager are good due to a shortage of people interested in this type of work.
Farm managers may progress to a business/operations management role where they:
- are responsible for meeting overall business goals
- manage multiple farms.
They may also progress to own a farm. Becoming a farmer depends on gaining a high level of practical and managerial skills, and raising enough money to buy or lease property.
Farmers/farm managers usually specialise in a role such as:
- Beef Cattle Farmer
- Beef cattle farmers breed, raise and care for beef cattle to produce meat and breeding stock.
- Dairy Cattle Farmer
- Dairy farmers feed, care for and milk herds of cows on farms.
- Deer Farmer
- Deer farmers breed, raise and care for deer to produce meat, velvet, hides and breeding stock.
- Goat Farmer
- Goat farmers breed, raise and care for goats to produce wool, milk, meat and breeding stock.
- Pig Farmer
- Pig farmers raise and care for pigs to produce meat and breeding stock.
- Poultry Farmer
- Poultry farmers raise and care for chickens or other poultry to produce meat, and/or keep hens to produce table eggs (for eating) or fertile eggs (for hatching).
- Sheep Farmer
- Sheep farmers breed, raise and care for sheep to produce wool, meat and breeding stock.
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