- Full Time:
- Yes
- Number of Workers Requested:
- 4
- Job Duties:
- Preg check cows on grass, maintain pends by box scraping and hauling manure out and make repairs to fences and corrals; pack and cover feed with plastic and tires, wean calves off of the cows, work cattle, clean waters, pull the right number of cattle from the pens that are ready to be shipped and bring them to the loadout, remove manure; wean calves, place electric wire around corn stalks for cows to be moved onto for grazing, ship cattle, receive and pen new cattle coming in; continue to wean calves, build electric fence, and move cows off grass, ship cattle, scrape pens and move manure; work cattle, move cattle between pens, scrape and clean pens, move manure, break ice on water tanks and ponds as needed, receive and pen new cattle coming in; move cows between pens and work cows, scrape and clean pens, and move manure as needed, break ice on water tanks and ponds as needed, and receive and pen new cattle coming in, calve first time heifers and cows; calve out cows including checking them several times a day, tagging new calves, and helping any cows that are in need of help while calving; mix feed and haul feed to cows; monitor any cows that have not calved yet, check the cows and calf pairs, finish late calving and deal with lingering cold weather; remove temporary fencing, sell yearling calves, move cows and newborn calves to grass pasture for grazing during peak forage production.
- Job Classification:
- 45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals