Seasonal Livestock Farmworker

Seasonal Livestock Farmworker at Silverado Farms II in Geraldine, MT.

Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest; transport crops to elevator or storage area; swathing and baling hay; picking hay (round and some square bales) with tractor, trucks, bale driver, pliers, and wire stretcher. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, equipment that utilizes GPS and auto-guidance systems, sprayers, combines, mowers, air drills, fertilizer spreaders, augers, grain carts, pumps, hay chopper, plows, skid steer, balers, swathers, ATVs, bale bed pickups, post drivers ( gas powered and hand drivers), grain sweeps, pressure washers, pickups, and cars. Job requires transporting agricultural products and commodities from the field to storage using farm vehicles and equipment. Employees will also be tending to livestock which includes but is not limited to feeding cattle; carrying bags and buckets of feed; calving cattle, birthing beef cattle; care for sick or injured animals; assisting with vet visits; assisting with medication administration as needed; nightly checks for active calving; dystocia care; separating, loading, and hauling cattle using 4-wheelers, side by sides, horses, or on foot as needed; and branding cattle and calves as needed. Manual duties included loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; loading and unloading chemical shuttles, barrels and boxes with skid steer and by hand; changing combine cutting heads; rouging fields and using hand tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields; place and maintain property borders; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, buildings, grain bins, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment with water and air; regularly servicing equipment; loading coolers; mowing and maintaining yards; and pulling weeds. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Work begins January 15, 2027 and ends November 15, 2027.

Pay is $18.62 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 50 hours per week.