Cattle Care Specialist: Calving, Feeding & Farm Operations

Armstrong Orchards LLC; Blacklick (OH); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers in Ohio to provide daily care and handling of cattle, including feeding, watering, and monitoring health. The role involves calving assistance, newborn calf care, and maintaining barns and equipment.

Workers will follow farm protocols, handle veterinary products under supervision, and comply with safety standards. Housing and meals are provided, with travel reimbursements per H-2A rules.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily care, handling, feeding, and watering of cattle, ensuring the health, welfare, and well-being of the herd.
• Prepare, measure, and mix animal feed rations according to established feeding requirements and distribute feed to cattle.
• Maintain livestock watering systems, including taking preventative measures to prevent freezing and thawing, repairing, or replacing frozen or damaged water lines, tanks, and related equipment.
• Properly handle and care for cows at various stages of pregnancy and assist with calving operations, including monitoring cows before, during, and after calving and providing appropriate care during cold and freezing weather.
• Provide daily care for newborn calves, including feeding, cleaning, handling, monitoring, and general health checks.
• Sort and process calves according to farm procedures, including identifying and separating sick or injured animals requiring additional care.
• Apply or assist with the application of veterinary pharmaceuticals and follow established treatment protocols under the direction of farm management or the farm veterinarian.
• Monitor cattle for signs of illness, injury, or abnormal behavior and report health concerns to farm management.
• Clean and maintain barns, livestock housing, feeding areas, pens, and other livestock facilities.
• Remove manure from livestock pens and designated areas using appropriate hand tools, machinery, and equipment.
• Perform routine maintenance and repairs on farm equipment, livestock facilities, fences, gates, feeding equipment, watering systems, and other farm infrastructure.
• Clear snow and ice from around barns, driveways, feeding areas, feeding pads, access gates, livestock facilities, and other farm work areas using hand tools, tractors, loaders, or other farm equipment.
• Perform general farm maintenance, groundskeeping, and upkeep of livestock facilities and surrounding farm areas.
• Operate tractors, loaders, farm machinery, hand tools, and other agricultural equipment safely and responsibly.
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized work areas and comply with farm safety, hygiene, animal welfare, and operating procedures.
• Perform other related agricultural and livestock duties as assigned by farm management.

Job description

H2ajobs is seeking workers in Ohio to provide daily care and handling of cattle, including feeding, watering, and monitoring health. The role involves calving assistance, newborn calf care, and maintaining barns and equipment.

Workers will follow farm protocols, handle veterinary products under supervision, and comply with safety standards. Housing and meals are provided, with travel reimbursements per H-2A rules.