Farm Worker
S & V DAIRY LLC
📍 Portales, NM · Roosevelt County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26295-316486
- 📞 Phone: +1 (575) 356-3995
- ✉️ Email: svjones1973@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Potential U.S. workers (referrals) will be accepted from local Workforce Centers, word of mouth, gate hires (walk-up workers), and other sources. All applicants should be thoroughly familiarized with the job duties and terms and conditions of employment listed on the job order.
Only workers who meet all the qualifications for the job order should be referred by the Workforce Centers. To be eligible for employment, applicants must:
1. Be able, willing, and available to perform the specified job duties for the duration of the contract period.
2. Have been apprised of all material terms and conditions of employment.
3. Agree to abide by all material terms and conditions of employment.
4. Be legally authorized to work in the United States; AND
5. Satisfy all minimum job requirements
Applicants can contact the employer between 8 am and 4 pm M-F or by email.
✉️ 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 Farm Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26295-316486
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
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.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 75 lb Drug test |
Drug screen after hire if accident or strange behavior is observed, given to both H-2A and US employees. (Paid by employer)
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 6:00 A.M. – 3:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Applicants may be offered higher than the advertised wage rate due to experience or merit. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Portales, Nm) |
| Housing | Farm House |
| 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. |
| Daily transportation | The Employer will provide transportation between the living quarters and the worksites at no cost to the worker, and all employer-provided transportation will comply with applicable federal and state laws and safety standards. Transportation will be provided in a pickup truck, specifically a Ford F-150, seating five (5) passengers. No meals will be provided. Workers will be permitted to use the vehicle for grocery shopping. |
| Travel to the job | 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). |
| Pay deductions | U.S. Worker Wage Rate: AEWR: $15.96; H-2A Worker Wage Rate: AEWR: $14.39. All State and Federal deductions required by law. Employer will make the following deductions, if applicable, and in accordance with Federal and State Laws: * FICA * State and Federal Taxes * Medicare * Any deduction requested by the workers |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26295-316486 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | The Law Office of Tom De Kesel |
| Posted | Nov 6, 2026 |