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H-2A

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals - Livesto

  • D & R Kost Inc.
  • Cathay, NORTH DAKOTA

Source last checked: 10/8/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$19.99 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
11/1/2026 to 3/15/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$19.99 / hour
Positions offered
2 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
11/1/2026
Contract end
3/15/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
5359 10th St NE
ZIP code
58422
Hours per week
60

Additional pay information

18.64 (H2A) per hour

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
  • Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
  • Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as a 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.
  • Distribute feed to animals.
  • Maintain 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.
  • Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
  • Perform duties related to livestock reproduction, such as breeding animals within appropriate timeframes, performing artificial inseminations, and helping with animal birth.
  • Patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles.
  • 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 to operate feed wagons.
  • Confine livestock in stalls.
  • Calving.
  • Remove ice formed in water.
  • Drive a pick-up truck to town for cattle supplies on occasion.
  • No CDL Required and no commercial truck driving required.
  • Farming with: Beef Cattle.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Livestock and animal-care worker
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
3 months of experience

Minimum of 3 months of experience is required. Must be able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Employer requires drug screen post hire at employers expense due to the liability of operating equipment. Employer requires criminal background check post-hire at employers' expense due to expensive tools and equipment. Failure to pass drug screen and/or criminal background check will result in termination of employment. Lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds. Workers must have positive verifiable experience relevant to the job and be capable of performing physically demanding tasks. Workers must be able to speak English. Employees must adhere to strict biosecurity, company policies, and food safety guidelines, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations. Certain roles may require a valid drivers license within 30 days of hire and a clean driving record for operating company vehicles. Exceptional performance may be rewarded with additional compensation

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26230-175475
Case status
Certification issued

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