Winter Livestock Worker
William Edgar Abernathy
📍 Byhalia, MS · Desoto County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26273-271406
- 📞 Phone: +1 (901) 212-0822
- ✉️ Email: chrystal_abernathy18@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Referrals of individuals will be made through "job holding office" to ascertain employment information. Employer will accept referrals who may apply direct or referred from any other source. Job seekers are to contact the employer Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. Answering machine / voice mail if unable to answer phone: ability to return call within two (2) working days. The job seeker will be informed of the terms and conditions of the job by the information contained in the job order. These job orders are entered by geographical/administrative areas within the state. This is done to ensure that local job seekers have equal access to these job opportunities. These offices are referred to as the job holding office. The job holding office will refer all interested applications to the employer with a copy of the job order(s), which contains all pertinent information concerning the job. The employer agrees to interview all US workers referred by DES for;
1.Availability and commitment to work the entire length of the contract
2.Have transportation to the job site
3.Have been fully apprised of the job information, terms and conditions of the job and the nature of the employment
4.Workers state he/she can physically perform the job requirements
5.Ability to provide documentation to complete the INS Form I-9
Job seeker with copy of job order is to contact the employee.
Answering machine / voice mail if unable to answer phone: ability to return call within two (2) working days.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Winter Livestock Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26273-271406
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Skill Level 1.
Feed, water and care for the livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Keep all pastures clean from debris caused by wintertime weather. Maintain fences, pens, stalls and all areas that contain livestock safe and in the best possible conditions for the animals. Examine animals daily to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment. Mark livestock to identify ownership, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, breed and physical condition. Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, shoots, yards, and fences. Move equipment or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks and trailers. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. Maintain heated watering system and remove ice formed in water daily. Confine livestock in stalls as needed. Monitor cows daily for delivery of calves. Asist in delivery of calves, care for baby calves as needed; administering medicine and bottle feeding as needed. the daily feeding of the herd during pasture dormancy, calving assistance and newborn-calf care, the administration of medication to cows and calves showing signs of illness, and the upkeep of winter feeding and calving areas. Order food for animals and arrange for its delivery. Perform duties related to livestock reproduction. Patrol grazing lands on foot or using all-terrain vehicles. Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records. Apply insecticides to animals. Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps. Operate feed mix wagons, tractors to feed livestock, and load manure and apply to fields.
General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. workers may be requested to ten (10) hours per day depending on conditions in fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Down time: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew / rain and should have suitable clothing for conditions which include light rain and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 100 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stoop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Drug test Background check |
Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | The H2A wage rate offer will be $11.59 per hour. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Byhalia, Ms) |
| Housing | Employer assures availability at no cost or public housing which meets full set of applicable standards. Workers are responsible for maintaining housing in a clean manner. Workers will be charged for destruction of property. Furnished at no cost to workers who are unable to return to their place of residence the same day. In the event that a female worker is hired, the employer will provide separate toilet and shower facilities |
| Meals | The employer shall provide free and convenient access to cooking facilities or a kitchen so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will also provide transportation, at least once each week to assure that workers have access to stores. |
| Daily transportation | SEE ADDENDUM C |
| Travel to the job | The employer will permit workers eligible for travel reimbursement to select any means of transportation they choose, and employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges |
| Pay deductions | FICA, state, and federal taxes and/or local tax withholding will not be deducted from those worker's wages that are working under a temporary visa, unless in accordance with federal, state, local laws or requested by the worker. Deductions from wages which are expressly authorized in writing by the worker may also be made if voluntarily elected by the worker & permitted under applicable state or federal law. Deductions will be made for willful destruction of property, monthly deduction for cable/satellite, and internet that is requested by the workers at the employer provided housing; but no deduction will be made which would bring the employees hourly wage below the Federal Minimum Wage. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26273-271406 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Agriculture Workforce Management Association |
| Posted | Nov 10, 2026 |