Agricultural Livestock Caretaker
Employer: Bell Farms Inc
Location: Lincoln, KS
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $19.71/hour
Season: Dec 1, 2026 – Apr 1, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
We will need help caring for our cattle during the winter months. Our yearling cattle will need to be fed daily along with monitoring water, health and body condition. They will be vaccinated around 1 year of age. Then we will sort some off to sell and feed to finish the rest in our facilities. Employees must handle livestock in a safe and calm manor. Our momma cows will be moved to winter pastures and will need hay fed and water checked daily also. In January they will be moved to the calving pastures where they will need checked 4 times per day. Employees duties will include handling cattle in a safe and calm manor, operating, maintaining and monitoring feeding equipment and facilities, assisting with birthing a calf, tagging, banding, doctoring calves and general farm duties as assigned. The cattle will be given vaccinations the end of March before being sent to summer pasture. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid $19.50/hr if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Job requires extensive walking, sitting, pushing, pulling, repetitive movements, and frequent stooping. Employer may conduct a post hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free work environment. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employer may conduct post hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ anyone with a felony/theft criminal background. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires a regular driver's license within 30 days of hire. Require 3 months experience.
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