Farm Worker
Employer: S & V DAIRY LLC
Location: Portales, NM
Workers needed: 1
Pay: $15.96/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Mar 1, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
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.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free, convenient
kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and
dishwashing facilities to allow workers to prepare their own meals. Workers residing in
employer-provided housing will be permitted to use the vehicle for grocery shopping and will
have access to transportation to the closest town or city for personal errands, such as grocery
shopping and banking. All workers share dining areas, kitchen/cooking facilities, and other
common areas.
Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation by a reasonable (most economical) common
carrier or other transportation that complies with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
for inbound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice).
Experience wanted: 3 months
Drug screen after hire if accident or strange behavior is observed, given to both H-2A and US
employees. (Paid by employer)
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