Farm Manager

As a farm manager, you'll usually work with either animal production, dairy or crop production, although it's possible that you'll work with all three. livestock on farms tends to be pigs, cows or sheep, while crops can cover cereals, rapeseed oil, vegetables and salad. you'll implement strategies for maximum yield, organised farm administration, work machinery and manage any associated businesses and staff.farms are typically run by management companies or single-owner farmers and must satisfy regulations set by the department for environment, food and rural affairs (defra) for safe, high-quality produce farmed in an environmentally sustainable manner.responsibilitiesas a farm manager, you'll need to:plan finances and production to maintain farm progress against budget parametersundertake practical activities, such as driving tractors, operating machinery, feeding livestock or spraying fieldsmarket the farm's productsbuy supplies, such as fertilizer and seedsarrange the maintenance and repair of farm buildings, machinery and equipmentplan activities for trainee staff, mentoring and monitoring themmaintain and monitor the quality of yield, whether livestock or cropsunderstand the implications of the weather and make contingency plansmake sure products are ready for deadlines, such as auctions and marketsensure that farm activities comply with government regulationsmonitor animal health and welfare, including liaising with vetsmaintain knowledge of pests and diseases and an understanding of how they spread and how to treat themapply health and safety standards across the farm estateprotect the environment and maintaining biodiversitykeep financial records up to dateapply for funding - if appropriate