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H-2A

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

  • Thomas Valasek
  • Blair, NEBRASKA

Source last checked: 10/29/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$20.56 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
12/1/2026 to 3/1/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 1 month of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$20.56 / hour
Positions offered
1 position
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
12/1/2026
Contract end
3/1/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
14326 County Road 21
ZIP code
68008
Hours per week
50

Additional pay information

19.22/hr (wage rate offered to H2A workers only)

Duties and description

Original English description
  • We need a seasonal employee to assist with our winter calving operation. Our calving season starts in December and runs until March 1. During this time cattle are confined for calving and needs to be fed and cared for daily as well as assistance needs to be provided to help with birthing and deliveries. Calving cows is usually only a short period of time but is labor intensive. After calving is done, no further care is needed since they are released to pastures. Job duties will include: clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps, drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals, examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain, feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies, herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures, mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions, move equipment, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts, order food for animals, and arrange for its delivery, patrol grazing lands on horseback or using all-terrain vehicles, provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment, shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food, care for animals, clean equipment or facilities, treat animal injuries or illnesses. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion. Employer will pay additional money to anyone who returns for a subsequent season.

Requirements and occupation

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

Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Must have a Class A CDL or equivalent or be able to obtain within 30 days of hire to be able to haul cattle. Require 1 month farm experience. The worker must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in English, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26273-270666
Case status
Certification issued

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