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H-2A

Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

  • Scott Erbele
  • Lehr, NORTH DAKOTA

Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$14.29 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
1/1/2027 to 5/30/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$14.29 / hour
Positions offered
5 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
1/1/2027
Contract end
5/30/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
6592 Highway 30
ZIP code
58460
Hours per week
56

Additional pay information

AEWR; US Workers: ND: $14.29; H2A Workers: ND: $12.94

Duties and description

Original English description
  • We are a feedlot. During the winter months we usually feed around 1000 head of cattle. We need help feeding cattle daily, maintain feed pens, feed bunks and general maintenance in the feedlot. We also need help maintaining equipment that we use to feed the cattle. We use primarily late model John Deere equipment. We have a heated shop that we use to work on our equipment.
  • Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: attach/detach implements; clean work areas; construct facilities; load and unload materials and commodities; maintain grounds and landscaping; operate self propelled machinery; repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; tend to livestock by feeding, medicating, general care, grading, sorting, working, placing identification on, or relocating; use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives; use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools; weigh containers and record weights and identifying information; work in extreme temperatures; break ice in water tanks to ensure livestock hydration; clear snow from feedlots, access roads, and equipment; provide additional bedding and shelter maintenance to protect animals from exposure; operating and maintaining feeding equipment in cold conditions; transporting feed from storage to pens multiple times per day; monitoring animal health more closely due to stress from cold and confinement; assistance with difficult births; immediate postnatal care to ensure calf survival in freezing temperatures; custom feeding requires meticulous record-keeping, individualized feed plans, and coordination with multiple owners — all of which demand skilled labor. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: bins, silos, loading and unloading facilities, dirt moving equipment, manure spreading equipment, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, semi trucks, straight frame trucks, swathers, bailers, and other hay equipment, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: cattle, corn, hay, silage. Must speak and understand English.

Requirements and occupation

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

Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a drug test at no cost to the worker and be subject to the employers drug free and alcohol free workplace policy including testing protocols. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26292-308487
Case status
Acceptance issued

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