Role Description

Skills required

You’ll need:

• business management skills
• the ability to organise and motivate staff
• budgeting skills
• the ability to find and develop new activities to keep the farm profitable

What you'll do

You could work on one of the main types of farm — livestock (animals), arable (crops) or mixed (animals and crops). 

Your day-to-day tasks may include:

• planning how the farm will run 
• setting budget and production targets 
• buying and selling animals or produce 
• keeping financial and stock records 
• recruiting, training and supervising staff

You may do practical farm work, like looking after livestock, driving tractors and other machinery, or harvesting crops. You may also have responsibility for other areas like a farm shop, horse riding facilities or tourist accommodation.