Steve And Sarah Chisnall
Opunake,Taranaki
Summary
We work well together and strong couple have for years and run farm and also had relief milking and firewood business's and delegate.we like a work and family time balance and we are wanting to further into 50;50 sharemilking
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Contract Milking
Lethol farms
Opunake
06.2021 - Current
- Milking 160/170 cows through a 15 aside
- 68ha averaging 66000 in first year last season was 68240 milk soilds
- 2 seasons grade free on our third so far grade free
- System 2 farm 50ha runoff for extra supplement and young stock
- we have done lot work to bring farm up to where it is now
- Phone 0272235511 russell.
Relief milking and firewood plus light engineering mechanical eg vehicles etc
06.2020 - Current
- 1 season fulltime plus still going.
2ic Milking
Batcholer farms
06.2012 - 06.2019
- Milking 600 cows and system 4 farm 50 bail rotary 180ha main platform plus 120ha runoff supplement and young stock on.farm is coast in opunake area
- We did 8 seasons on this farm.
- we grew lots crops from fodder beet/sugar beets
- lucerne for silage
- cereal crops wheat and barely plus oats
- plus any jobs for day to day running farm
Milking and calf rearing
Shortland farms
- Sarah did 3 years milking and doing calf rearing for rachael and kenneth short Phone rachael 0272446445.
Education
Farming
Straratford
Stratford, NZ01.2005
Skills
- Milk harvesting
- Pasture management
- Communication
- Identifying mastitis
- Lame cows
- On heat cows
- Farm maintenance
- Shed hygiene
- Vehicle up keep
- Like a nice presented farm keep clean and tidy and weed free
- Punctual
- handy in workshop can weld and fix machinery
Accomplishments
- 2021/22 season low ssc 85000 for season
- 2022/23 season low ssc ,lowered farm empty rate to 8% from over 13% most years,we also got fonterra Te Tihi co operative di erence
- Also in 2022/23 we entered the taranaki share farmer year contest
- Also in 2022/23 we purchased some calves they'll be heifers in 2024 season
- While at batchelor farms many years grade free and got gold certificate
Charactor References
- Kevin corrigan, 0272554064
- Kenny short, 021758536
Affiliations
- fire fighter
- fishing
- camping
- young farmers
Certification
- class 1
- class 2
References
Russell and Linda Campbell 0272235511
Rachel Short 0272446445
Character Refernces
Kevin corrigan 0272554064
Kenny Short 021758536
Timeline
Contract Milking
Lethol farms
06.2021 - Current
Relief milking and firewood plus light engineering mechanical eg vehicles etc
06.2020 - Current
2ic Milking
Batcholer farms
06.2012 - 06.2019
Milking and calf rearing
Shortland farms
Farming
Straratford
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