Livestock Worker / Ranch Hand
CK Farms LLC
📍 Wray, CO · Yuma County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26260-240595
- 📞 Phone: +1 (970) 630-6959
- ✉️ Email: corychapman27@gmail.com
Employer instructions
Applicants can contact Cory Chapman at (970) 630 6959 during office hours 8 - 5 pm CT time, Monday - Friday.
The actual employment offer is at the sole discretion of the employer. Referrals will be accepted from the State Workforce Agencies (SWA's) directly from applicants, walk-ins, gate hires, and from other sources. SWA's should thoroughly familiarize each applicant with the job specifications and terms and conditions of employment before a referral is made.
Workers must meet the following criteria:
1. Are available and indicate willingness to work the entire season.
2. Are able, willing and qualified to perform the work.
3. Have transportation to the job site at the start of the season. Transportation costs will be reimbursed.
4. Have been fully apprised by die local employment office of the terms, conditions, and nature of employment.
5. Are legally entitled to work in the USA.
Worker must possess documentation required to enable employer to comply with the employment verification requirements of IRCA. Accurate completion of Form I-9 will be required of each worker within (3) days of employment pursuant to U.S. Law. Employer will abide by the requirements and assurances of 20 CFR 653.501 in the processing and/or hiring of individuals referred through the clearance system.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Livestock Worker / Ranch Hand (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26260-240595
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Job duties will include, but are not limited to:
Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching, and loading animals.
Examining animals to detect diseases and injuries and ensure that they are in optimal health.
Monitor corn stalk fields for grazing purposes and determine whether mother cows and calves should move to new grazing fields.
Hauling feed from trailers to cows and calves.
Maintaining winter animal housing areas; using diggers, shovels and other equipment needed
Ongoing maintenance includes cleaning, maintaining and repairing equipment, various workshop tasks as well as maintenance of grain bins and general buildings
Use various farming equipment like tractors, feed wagons, payloader and skid loaders.
Maintain watering systems, including freezing prevention and or repairs because of freezing.
Proper handling of calves and cows in various pregnancy and birthing stages, with additional care to accommodate cold and/or freezing temperatures at the time.
Processing/sorting of calves to include sorting and taking care of sick animals in need of application of pharmaceuticals with ongoing treatment per protocol.
Ongoing repair of feedlot equipment and facilities, including welding fences and structures.
Operating equipment to haul corn using tractors and wagons.
Remove manure from cattle pens.
Maintenance of farm equipment and animal housing areas.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 60 lb Drug test |
See Addendum C.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | The wage offer for H-2A workers is only $18.11 per hour. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Wray, Co) |
| Housing | 2 bedroom, one bathroom apartment. Housing owned by employer. Employer will only accommodate workers. Should family visit workers, employer will accommodate family as arranged with employer. |
| Meals | Housing provided to the workers has a fully equipped kitchen where they can prepare and cook their own meals three times a day. The kitchen is fully functional and equipped with appliances such as stove, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher – all in working condition. The kitchen is equipped with the necessary utensils for prepping and cooking food. Adequate sinks with the warm and cold water under pressure. The employer will ensure that workers have access to a grocery store at least once a week to purchase their own food/produce. Workers have access to vehicles to drive themselves to the grocery stores from the house to the stores and back. |
| Daily transportation | See addendum C |
| Travel to the job | The Employer will, as per H2A regulations, reimburse the worker for travel cost, including daily subsistence rates stipulated at the time, from the worker’s place of residence to the workplace, and upon contract completion, from the workplace back to the worker’s place of residence at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charge for the distance involved, for example return bus and or airfare. |
| Pay deductions | State and federal tax as required by law. Reasonable repair cost of damage from deliberate or negligent destruction, other than that caused by normal wear and tear for damage to housing, furnishings, tools, or equipment may be deducted from the workers’ pay. Employer will abide by all of Colorado's agricultural laws to include Senate Bill 21-087 ("SB87") and the Overtime and Minimum Pay Standards Order (COMPS order). Effective 1/1/25, overtime must be paid after 48 hours worked per week, or 56 hours worked per week for up to 22 "peak weeks" for highly seasonal employers. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26260-240595 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Cargo of Dreams DBA Workforce Recruitment |
| Posted | Sep 21, 2026 |