Farmworker

Updated: March 02, 2024 04:21 PM GMT

Temp work Job in Roggen, Colorado

Shelton Dairy Corp

Roggen, CO

In the months October through the middle of March, there is limited grass on the pastureland where the cows and calves normally graze at other times of the year. These animals are moved off the dryland pasture and into confined pens and smaller pasture areas where we can feed them through the winter. During this confined period, the animals are doctored and processed. This confinement period requires feed procurement, feed processing, feed mixing, feed delivery, herd monitoring, herd doctoring, pen maintenance, herd transporting, herd processing (weaning, tagging, banding, vaccinations, pregnancy checking, assistance with early calving, etc.). Calves are weaned in October or November and are fed and processed in separate confined areas through the winter until they are sold to a feedlot and moved off site in March. Job duties will include: clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps, examine animals to detect illness... More Detail

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