Conscientious, hard working and reliable with a passion for agriculture. A variety of expereince of the agricultural sector has been gained through taking on a range of different roles. Communication skills and the ability to use initiative has been developed through undergoing a degree at Newcastle Univeristy and working/travelling in Australia and New Zealand for eight months. Lily Mitchell

E D U C A T I O N

Beef Farm Work

Newbigging Farm, Burntisland/ Hallcroft Farm, Saline: 2010 - 2022 I have worked at home from a young age on an intensive family beef finishing farm whilst breeding continental breeds and Wagyu. Throughout these years I have developed invaluable practical cattle handling and management skills. I have a strong work ethic with a drive to succeed in doing a job to the best of my ability whilst being naturally self-sufficient, reliable as well as self-motivated. C A R E E R

2:1 BSc Hons Agriculture with Farm Business Management Degree The University of Newcastle: 2019 - 2023

This course has taught me about the management of businesses operating from the farm gate to consumer plates. It highlights the key challenges of securing a sustainable food supply. Each course is assessed through essays, reports, group work and presentations. I have established strong verbal communication skills through presentations and groupwork. Excellent time management skills have been demonstrated by planning and organising my workload to meet weekly deadlines and targets. Relevant Modules; Applied Farm Business Management, Accounting and Finance Animal Product Quality and Marketing, Dissertation, Farm Buiness Planning and Control, Forage Utilization, Law and land use, Precision Technologies and Animal Welfare.

Grain runner/ tester

Bairds Malt, Scotland: Summer 2022

Driving around Perthshire, Stirling and Fife collecting grain samples from farmers. Taking the grain samples to the labs to be tested. I was trusted to work indiependatly at one of the sites testing and assessing incoming grain before it could be dried. This required me to make decisions which involved large financial impacts. Performed routine checks on equipment and cleaned machines down at the end of the day. Potato Roguer

FIMM Farming, Crieff: Summer 2021/22

Checking over the potatoes and maintaining them.

Working within a big team, walking up and down fields using a digging fork to dig out any rogues and groundkeepers. Relief Milker - Part Time

Caskerdo Farm, Cupar: January 2021 - July 2022

Duties included; walking the cows to the rotary parlour, cleaning, dipping and putting clusters on the cow’s teats, treating ill cows, feeding calves, cleaning the parlour, brushing cubicles.

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Denhead Farm,Coupar Angus: May 2020 - July 2020

This job required me to walk up and down drills selecting fruit for picking in accordance to size and ripeness, whilst discarding the rotten and over-ripened produce. I also worked in cold store’s sorting out pallets of fruit whilst managing other people who did not speak English. Waitress - Part Time

Room with a View, Aberdour:

My duties included: Providing excellent customer services, always strive towards best customer satisfaction, greeting customers and present menus, made suggestions based on their preferences, served food/drinks orders, arranged table settings, kept tables clean and tidy at all times, checked products for quality, cooperated and communicated with all serving and kitchen staff, adhered to all relevant health department rules/regulations and all customer service guidelines, cleaned and prepared bathrooms and bedrooms for customer. T R A V E L

A D D I T I O N A L S K I L L S

References available on request.

Lambing Assitant

Dunnabie Farm, Lockerbie & Bowmont Hill Farm, Coldstream: April 2021/22 Working night shifts independently without any supervision and using my own initiative to tackle any problems which arise calmly and effectively. Duties included; lambing ewes that had difficulty lambing, penning, dosing, spraying and jagging ewes, ringing lambs, mucking out pens with a tractor, filling up feed and water buckets, and putting ewes and lambs out to field using a bike with trailer.

Lairage Office Assistant

Anglo Beef Processors (ABP), Perth: Summer 2019/20 I made sure delivery lines were correct and that they would match up with the given livestock passports Input all livestock’s passport details into a computer system Managed Lairage staff

Dealt with confidential financial information

Sorted and decided which cattle got killed at the end of certain days Made carryover lists and lists for security that told them what pens the cattle coming in overnight were to go in which involved strategic thinking

Demonstrated the ability to work accurately under pressure with a lot of obstacles whilst using a forward-thinking approach to overcome problems

Station hand/ Vet assistant

Livestock Breeding Services, Jerilderie, Australia: October 2022 - December 2022 Main job roles included farm work and sheep artificial breeding veterinary assistance. Station work – Sheep husbandry, mustering, feeding, foot care, dosing and treating injured or ill sheep, tractor work, keeping the farm tidy.

Vet Assistant work – Travelling with veterinarians to various farms across New South Wales to assist with Merino artificial insemination which is a fast paced and expensive job. I also helped with semen collection, assisting with collecting blood samples, and met some great farmers.

Dairy Farm Assistant

Rangitata Dairies, Mowata One, New Zealand: February 2023 - May 2023 For three months I worked on an 850 head dairy farm with a mob grazing system and 60 bale rotary milking twice a day. My duties included milking the cows independently twice a day, setting the parlour up for milking, vat washes, cleaning the parlour down, detected cows with mastitis and treated them, maintained & repaired farm equipment, fed calves, cleaned pivots, plate metered, and finally I put up electric fences precisely using an app based on several factors. Completed several courses run by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), including gun handling and safety. I hold a shotgun license which demonstrates I am trustworthy and mature. Successfully completed a DEFRA registered and LANTRA approved AI course. I completed a cookery and wine tasting course and listened to avalanche safety talks at Orchards the Award-winning Cookery School designed for Chalet Cookery Skills. Clean and full driving license since March 2019.

IT - fully capable with an extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office programmes, including the use of styles and excel formulas.

H O B B I E S A N D I N T E R E S T

I regularly attend game shoots at Estates, clay-pigeon shoots and go beating throughout the shooting season. I have attended cooking classes at the Edinburgh School of Food & Wine to enhance my culinary skills. I was a participating and social member of the Agricultural and Clay Pigeon Society, at Newcastle University. This involved attending weekly sessions and being a part of a team. As well as travelling a lot of England to watch rugby/hockey matches against other universities and going to agricultural shows with friends. I like to go skiing with my family and I have been on university ski trips with friends. Active member of West Fife Young Farmers competing in cabaret, handicrafts and sports competitions.