General Farm Ranch

Job description

The General Farm Ranch Hand position will be required to perform a variety of duties related to the production of cattle and hay and grain. Duties will include the following: check physical characteristics, observe general condition of livestock and apply the appropriate care, examine animals to detect illness/injury/disease, rate of weight gain to determine delivery time, assist in delivery and night calving, apply or administer medications/vaccines, mix feed/additives; place mineral blocks, drive equipment, move livestock to various pastures, sort cattle.
30-minute lunch break will be offered

Worker will be required to operate modern farm equipment for planting and harvesting of crops including harrow, seeder, swather, combine, baler and ATV.

Worker may be asked to drive truck loaded with hay/grain from field to bed and elevator, hoist/stack bales of hay onto wagon/truck, repair, replace, and repair fence as needed on a maintenance level as needed depending on weather and deterioration, pick rocks, perform general cleanup of farm acreage.

Worker must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision. The job entails working with farm animals and machinery, outdoors in all types of weather (extreme heat, wind and cold) and occasional exposure to herding hazards such as cattle stampedes, kicking/bucking horses, poisonous snakes and predators. Worker must crouch, bend, lift and carry items weighing up to 100 pounds. Drivers' License is required.

Special Requirements

Additional hours may be offered but not required