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18 February 2026

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General Farm Assistant

Semer, Suffolk, IP7

General Farm Assistant

The employer

Hollow Trees Farm is 140-acre family-owned mixed farm in the heart of Suffolk. The farm has diversified and evolved over the past forty years and now comprises of a busy award-winning farm shop, café, plant centre and a butchery that sells home produced beef, pork and lamb. The farm is also a popular all year-round farm attraction and delivers a full programme of education and events too. However, amongst this very busy environment the ‘working farm’ remains at the heart of all we do.

Herbal leys are grown without the use of nitrogen fertilizer and are grazed by a flock of 150 Easy Care breeding ewes; store lambs are purchased in the Autumn to utilise surplus grass. Silage is made for a herd of beef fattening cattle and free-range weaner pigs are brought in and grown on until fit for the butchery. Additional livestock include breeding goats, a few alpacas, turkeys and hens.

The job

As General Farm Assistant you will hold a very varied role as part of the small farm team. You'll care for all the livestock, help with all the seasonal operations including lambing, hay and silage production, straw carting and farm machinery maintenance.

What you'll need

Experienced in farm operations - a good 'all-rounder'
Experienced operating tractors and telehandlers
Health & safety first mindset
Driving licence and transport due to rural location

Where you'll be based

Hollow Trees Farm is based in a rural location in the village of Semer, Suffolk

What you'll receive

£27,000 - £29,000 per annum dependent on experience
Permanent, full-time contract 8am to 5pm, working 5 days from 7 to include every other weekend
28 days annual leave

Find out more

To discuss this position in more detail, please send your CV to martin@martin-salter.com or call 07983 967143.

All communication will be treated in complete confidence.

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