Farm Worker

Work description

Workers will perform general dairy farm duties involving the feeding, watering, handling, and care of dairy cattle and the maintenance of livestock facilities. Duties include distributing feed, monitoring cattle for signs of illness or injury, moving and sorting animals between pens and barns, replacing bedding, cleaning livestock housing areas, removing manure, and maintaining clean and safe working conditions. Workers will assist with routine animal health procedures, maintain feeding and watering areas, inspect water systems, and report maintenance or animal health concerns to the supervisor. During winter operations, workers will perform additional cleaning and maintenance of livestock pens, feeding areas, water systems, and animal access areas as needed due to cold temperatures and adverse weather conditions. Duties may include addressing frozen water lines, clearing snow or ice from necessary access areas, replacing wet or soiled bedding, managing increased manure accumulation, and assisting with animal movement when weather conditions affect normal farm operations. Workers will also assist with routine dairy operations, maintain sanitation and biosecurity procedures, and perform other related dairy farm duties as assigned.