Ranch Hand
Employer
1980 5th Lane NW
Choteau, MT 59422
United States
Job description
Employees will need to be calving cows, working calves, moving cow calf pairs, and build and repair fences to contain cattle. By mid-April we release cow/calf pairs into pastures to start grazing in fields. No manual feeding or care is needed past this point until the next calving season. Employees will also need to build, maintain, and repair fences. By mid-April to the end of May we will be working on farming equipment, and starting to farm hay/barley (seeding, plowing, spraying) crops. During the summer from June to August the focus is irrigating (flood fields and pivots), and haying (swathing raking bailing and picking bales). In August we are getting combines, trucks, and grain bins ready for harvest. This includes completing routine maintenance and repairs on equipment. In September we wean calves off the cows and do pregnancy test on older cows. October consists of working the weaned calves and pregnancy checking first year heifers. Pregnant cows are returned and will remain there until they are pulled and confined for calving in February.
Special Requirements
Require 3 months experience and a regular drivers license.