Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

Work description

Worker will be required to perform the following job duties including but not limited to: Perform winter-specific duties including snow removal around barns and feeding areas, maintaining water access for livestock, and ensuring safe working conditions during cold weather. caring and management of dairy cattle including feeding livestock with silage, hay, and grain, assisting with milking operations. Operate tractors, loaders, and feed equipment to mix and distribute feed; covering/uncovering silage/feed and hay piles; Maintain clean, sanitary farm areas by cleaning stalls, pens, and equipment with disinfectants, brushes, shovels, hoses, or pumps; including washing parlor walls/floors/pit, bulk tank, feeders, pails, sinks, and pipelines and scraping and piling manure, hay, and foreign matter from pens, alleys, feeders, etc; use common hand, air, and electric tools for routine repairs and upkeep. Milk cows by hand or machine milking, ensuring orphan calves receive colostrum after birth, identifying animals with brands, tags, paint, or tattoos; breaking ice in water troughs, maintain animal corrals and enclosures as well as water systems and facilities. Protect systems and animals during cold months to prevent freezing and damage from snow and ice.

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Last updated: October 7, 2026