farmworkers, farm & ranch animals

Workers will perform agricultural labor related to the care of dairy cattle during the employer’s seasonal winter period of increased labor need. Duties include feeding, watering, moving, bedding, and caring for cattle and calves; cleaning and maintaining pens, barns, alleys, feeding areas, and livestock facilities; assisting with calf and maternity care; and operating farm equipment such as tractors, skid steers, loaders, and feed wagons. Workers will assist with milking operations as needed, including moving cattle, preparing cows for milking, attaching and removing milking equipment, and cleaning milking facilities and equipment. Winter duties include providing additional bedding, scraping and cleaning livestock areas, removing snow and ice, maintaining safe livestock areas, and assisting with frozen or restricted water systems.