Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Move cattle from summer pasture in October.
Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of
weight gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for
veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using
brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Maintain heated watering system. Segregate animals according to weight, age,
color, and physical condition. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and
fences. Move equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts. Clean
stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Mix feed,
additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery. Perform
duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing
artificial inseminations, and helping with animal births. Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.
Groom, clip, trim, or castrate animals, dock ears and tails, or shear coats to collect hair. Spray livestock with
disinfectants and insecticides, or dip or bathe animals. Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate
feed wagons. Confine livestock in stalls. Remove ice formed in water. Drive pick-up truck to town for cattle
supplies on occasion. Farming with: Beef Cattle. No CDL required and no driving commercial trucks required.
Employment period: Dec 22, 2026 – May 31, 2027
