Agricultural Livestock Caretaker
Bell Farms Inc
About this opportunity
We will need help caring for our cattle during the winter months. Our yearling cattle will need to be fed daily along with monitoring water, health and body condition. They will be vaccinated around 1 year of age. Then we will sort some off to sell and feed to finish the rest in our facilities.
- Dates
- Dec 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027
- Duration
- ~4 months
- Experience
- 3 month(s)
- Category
- agriculture
Requirements
- Experience: 3 month(s)
- Job requires extensive walking, sitting, pushing, pulling, repetitive movements, and frequent stooping. Employer may conduct a post hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free work environment. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employer may conduct post hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ anyone with a felony/theft criminal background.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires a regular driver's license within 30 days of hire. Require 3 months experience.
- Employees must handle livestock in a safe and calm manor. Our momma cows will be moved to winter pastures and will need hay fed and water checked daily also. In January they will be moved to the calving pastures where they will need checked 4 times per day.
- Employees duties will include handling cattle in a safe and calm manor, operating, maintaining and monitoring feeding equipment and facilities, assisting with birthing a calf, tagging, banding, doctoring calves and general farm duties as assigned. The cattle will be given vaccinations the end of March before being sent to summer pasture. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
- Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid $19.50/hr if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Work authorization
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- Work authorization
- H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker
- International candidates
- Yes
- Employer sponsorship
- Required
- Confirmation
- Confirmed by source
- Official source
- U.S. Department of Labor
Benefits & conditions
- Housing
- Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — Family housing not available. Housing will be clean & meet applicable Fed, State &local housing standards. Workers must maintain neat & clean housing. Housing/utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to place of residence the same day. If both male & female workers are hired: separate toilet, bathing and sleeping rooms will be provided.
- Transportation
- Employer is not a H-2ALC. Employees will be provided with an employer owned vehicle to drive to and from work and to town for errands at least once per week. Daily transportation schedule will coincide with the work schedule outlined on this application, or as agreed upon between employer and employee based on seasonal demands and/or workload. A different vehicle(s) may be provided which meets all DOT requirements if the following is no longer available. The vehicle provided will be a 2000 Dodge
How to apply
- farmer@bellfarms.org
- Phone
- +17858222338
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- Case number
- JO-A-300-26260-240815
- Verification
- Last verified: September 20, 2026
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