Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

at Samuel Schippers in Hoxie, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Calving cows and heifers, tagging calves as they are born, checking cow and calf health daily, administer medicine as necessary, pull calves out of pastures and to working facilities, tracking calf gender and growth, inspect, maintain, frame, prepare, repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and temporary fences, put bulls on cows for breeding; put calves and stocker calves on wheat and corn stocks for grazing, feed cattle with trucks and small tractors/forklifts to supplement diet, monitor animal health, scrape manure out of pens, move manure out of pens to fields, service livestock equipment and small ATVs, break ice in watering facilities; pull calves and cows off stocks and wheat pasture, castrate bull calves, pull adult bulls off cows, sort cattle into pens, sell stocker cattle, check grass pasture fence, move cows to pasture; drive farm pickup to move cattle. Must speak and understand English

 Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities at no cost to the worker, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dish washing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries.