Agriculture employment contract

Mixed Farmer Employment Contract UK

Set clear authority across connected crop and livestock work where seasons, land and resources compete.

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This contract includes Plan daily crop livestock and estate work across enterprises. Coordinate rotations grazing feed manure labour and machinery. Monitor crop condition animal welfare stores and facilities. Preview before payment PDF and editable DOCX files after checkoutBuilt for UK employers

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Role-specific duties

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Working hours

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Holiday entitlement

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Confidentiality

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Disciplinary process

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Notice periods

Notice terms explained for both parties.

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When to use this contract

Coordinate coordinated crop and livestock operations, deliver balanced use of land labour and machinery, and produce traceable enterprise and management records.

Workplace context: Production, workshop, site or field locations.

What makes this role different

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering holdings enterprises rota and reporting. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering crop livestock welfare and competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering land inputs machinery storage and biosecurity. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering budgets purchases sales staff and owner approvals. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering company policies.

Not a fit / obtain specialist advice

Recheck the role or obtain appropriate advice if the work would exceed these maintained authority boundaries: The employee cannot make unapproved land, capital, livestock-sale, crop-marketing or specialist treatment decisions merely because they manage both enterprises. Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

What to prepare before you issue it

  • the holdings and crop-livestock enterprises
  • the seasonal plan and out-of-hours pattern
  • the staff machinery and contractor authority
  • the treatment input purchase and sale limits
  • the cross-enterprise records and owner reports

Day-to-day operating brief

What Mixed Farmer work looks like in practice

An employed Mixed Farmer coordinates both arable or forage production and livestock activity on the same holding. The role requires choices across rotations, grazing, feed, manure, machinery, labour and storage, so its authority must be clearer than simply combining two job descriptions. Terms should identify enterprises and land, owner-reserved decisions, seasonal availability, staff supervision, crop inputs, animal health, machinery, purchases and sales, cross-enterprise biosecurity, environmental controls, budgets and reporting.

Responsibilities reflected in the contract

  • Plan daily crop livestock and estate work across enterprises.
  • Coordinate rotations grazing feed manure labour and machinery.
  • Monitor crop condition animal welfare stores and facilities.
  • Control authorised inputs contractors purchases and maintenance.
  • Report output costs incidents trade-offs and forecast changes.

A realistic working scenario

Wet weather creates a conflict between drilling a crop and moving livestock from damaged ground. The employee documents welfare, soil, labour and cost implications and obtains any decision beyond the agreed operating plan.

Outputs to agree

  • coordinated crop and livestock operations
  • balanced use of land labour and machinery
  • traceable enterprise and management records

Records and evidence

  • Field crop herd and seasonal plan.
  • Staff contractor machinery and task allocation.
  • Input feed medicine movement and store.
  • Budget output incident decision and management review.
  • Work records.
  • Handover notes.

Reporting relationship

Typically reports to Line Manager or Department Manager. Confirm the employer's actual reporting structure in the builder.

Authority and escalation

  • The employee cannot make unapproved land, capital, livestock-sale, crop-marketing or specialist treatment decisions merely because they manage both enterprises.
  • Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Tools and systems

  • Risk assessment records.

Workplace context

  • Production, workshop, site or field locations.

Training and certification

  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Contract priorities

  • holdings enterprises rota and reporting
  • crop livestock welfare and competence
  • land inputs machinery storage and biosecurity
  • budgets purchases sales staff and owner approvals

Information the employer should prepare

  • the holdings and crop-livestock enterprises
  • the seasonal plan and out-of-hours pattern
  • the staff machinery and contractor authority
  • the treatment input purchase and sale limits
  • the cross-enterprise records and owner reports

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Maintained role evidence

The facts this Mixed Farmer contract is built around

These role-pack details give an employer something concrete to check before using the contract for agriculture work.

Work setting

Production, workshop, site or field locations.

Primary duties

  • Plan daily crop livestock and estate work across enterprises.
  • Coordinate rotations grazing feed manure labour and machinery.
  • Monitor crop condition animal welfare stores and facilities.
  • Control authorised inputs contractors purchases and maintenance.

Tools and training to confirm

  • Risk assessment records.
  • Complete employer-required health and safety training.

Governance focus

HSE context where applicable. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering holdings enterprises rota and reporting. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering crop livestock welfare and competence. Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering land inputs machinery storage and biosecurity.

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Role wording

Mixed Farmer duties

Coordinate coordinated crop and livestock operations, deliver balanced use of land labour and machinery, and produce traceable enterprise and management records.

Plan daily crop livestock and estate work across enterprises. Coordinate rotations grazing feed manure labour and machinery. Monitor crop condition animal welfare stores and facilities. Control authorised inputs contractors purchases and maintenance. Report output costs incidents trade-offs and forecast changes.

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Employer and employee details Role title and reporting line Pay, hours and working pattern Holiday, probation and notice Workplace and site rules Company branding and e-sign

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What is added to the finished contract

The employee cannot make unapproved land, capital, livestock-sale, crop-marketing or specialist treatment decisions merely because they manage both enterprises.

Obtain approval before committing expenditure, changing contractual commitments or making regulated or staffing decisions outside the assigned role.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering holdings enterprises rota and reporting.

Follow the Employer's documented arrangements covering crop livestock welfare and competence.

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Frequently asked questions

Can an employed Mixed Farmer sell crops or livestock?

Only within the quantities, counterparties, prices and approval limits delegated by the owner.

Who sets the farm rotation?

State whether the employee recommends adjustments or has authority to approve the operating plan.

How are crop and livestock priorities balanced?

Use agreed welfare, land, production, resource and financial criteria with escalation for material changes.

Does the role include staff management?

Define task and rota supervision separately from recruitment, pay, discipline and dismissal powers.

May the employee buy fertiliser or feed?

Only within approved products, suppliers, budgets, storage controls and evidence requirements.

Are emergency duties included?

Set call-out scope, response, decision limits, rest, cover and payment across both enterprises.

How is machinery allocated?

The plan should identify priorities, competence, servicing and approval for hire or substitution.

What should the mixed-farm report cover?

Crops, animals, welfare, land, labour, machinery, inputs, stores, costs and upcoming decisions.

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