Freshening Herdsmen
Northside Farms, LLC
📍 Dalhart, TX · Hartley County
- ✔ Moradia oferecida
- ✔ Transporte diário
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- 📞 Telefone: +1 (806) 365-4189
- ✉️ E-mail: tm@agrivisionfm.com
Instruções do empregador
Potential U.S. workers will be accepted through the local Job Service Office, word-of-mouth referrals, gate hires (walk-up workers), and other sources. Applicants will be informed of the job duties, requirements, and terms and conditions of employment listed in the job order. Prospective applicants outside the local area may call the Talent Management Office at (806) 365-4189, MondayFriday, 6:00 A.M. 4:00 P.M. HR will conduct telephone interviews with non-local applicants, while local candidates will be scheduled for interviews. All candidates must complete an application and pass an employer-paid drug and alcohol screening. Selected candidates must complete paid onboarding before work begins, including required hiring documents and training in Animal Welfare, Basic Safety, and Distracted Driving. Candidates will be paid $25.00 for onboarding.
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Subject: Application for Freshening Herdsmen (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26280-286050
O que vai fazer
Texto original em inglês, como foi registrado no Departamento do Trabalho.
Northside uses a managed reproductive program that generates a predictable, calendar-driven surge in fresh cow and calf-related labor from Winter - Spring each year. The Freshening Herdsman will perform the following primary duties, including baseline milking responsibilities, with additional duties concentrated during the winter–spring freshening season.
Fresh Cow Management: monitoring cows in the fresh pen for post-partum illness including metritis, ketosis, displaced abomasum, and hypocalcemia; administering propylene glycol, calcium boluses, and IV fluids under veterinary supervision; recording treatments and outcomes in DairyComp; adjusting pen stocking and moving cows as health status changes.
Calving Surveillance and Assistance: maintaining continuous monitoring of close-up pen during peak calving months (December through February); assisting with dystocia and difficult presentations; tagging and recording newborn calves; cleaning and resetting calving area following each event; ensuring cow-calf separation per biosecurity protocol.
Colostrum Management: milking fresh cows to obtain first-milking colostrum; tube feeding or bottle-feeding neonatal calves within the first 2 hours of birth; labeling, dating, and refrigerating or freezing surplus colostrum for subsequent calves.
Calf Transfer Preparation: processing each newborn calf for transport to DJF. Confirming colostrum intake, applying ear tag, completing individual calf health record, recording birth weight; coordinating transfer schedule and transport logistics with DJF staff; ensuring proper calf loading and biosecurity protocols are observed at transfer.
Dry Cow Pre-Fresh Transition: moving cows from far-off dry pen to close-up pen at appropriate pre-calving interval; monitoring close-up cows for signs of imminent calving and early metabolic disease; body condition
coring and reporting to herd manager.
Pregnancy Diagnosis Support: drafting and moving cows to the preg-check chute; restraining individual cows for veterinary ultrasound or rectal palpation; recording pregnancy outcomes in DairyComp; sorting open cows for re-enrollment in synchronization protocols.
Cull Cow Sorting and Documentation: identifying cows flagged for culling by herd manager; sorting culls from main herd; completing producer statements, health certificates, and transport paperwork; loading culls for shipment in coordination with contracted haulers.
Milking: performing routine milking of assigned cows/pens as part of the farm's regular milking rotation, including udder preparation and sanitation, proper unit attachment and removal, monitoring for mastitis or abnormal milk, and adherence to milk quality and food-safety protocols.
DairyComp Record Entry: entering all fresh cow events, treatments, diagnoses, calving outcomes, and calf transfers into DairyComp on same-day basis to maintain herd record integrity required for DHIA reporting and milk quality compliance.
Requisitos
| Escolaridade | Nenhuma exigida |
|---|---|
| Experiência | 1 mês |
| Outros requisitos | Precisa de carteira de motorista Carregar até 75 lb (34 kg) Exame toxicológico |
Justification for Lifting Requirement: The lifting requirement is necessary for the performance of the agricultural duties associated with this position. Workers are required to assist with farming activities that involve handling, moving, loading, and unloading equipment, tools, materials, and supplies. Certain items used in the normal course of the farming operation may weigh up to 75 pounds. Therefore, workers must be physically capable of safely lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds as required to perform the essential duties of the position.
Benefícios e condições
| Horário | 5:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pagamento | Biweekly |
| Tipo de moradia | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Dalhart, Tx) |
| Moradia | Each mobile has 5 beds with new mattresses, 2 full bathrooms, 1 stocked kitchen, 1 furnished living room, and laundry facilities. Each mobile is licensed annually as a Texas Migrant Labor Housing Facility and inspected by the US department of Labor, Region 1. |
| Refeições | Workers will have access to free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities at the employer-provided housing for the preparation of meals. The Employer will provide transportation at no cost to workers to a local grocery store on a regularly scheduled basis. The Employer will utilize a 12-passenger transport van and, when necessary, will make multiple trips to accommodate all workers wishing to purchase groceries without exceeding the vehicle's designated seating capacity. |
| Transporte diário | The Employer will provide daily transportation at no cost to workers between the provided housing and the worksite. The Employer will utilize one (1) 12-passenger transport van. Workers will be transported in multiple groups/trips to and from the worksite each workday. Transportation will be scheduled so that all workers arrive in sufficient time for their scheduled work and are returned to employer-provided housing following completion of their workday. Housing is located onsite. |
| Viagem até o trabalho | The Employer will coordinate, schedule and pay for bus transportation for H-2A workers traveling to the place of employment at the beginning of the contract period and for workers returning to their place of recruitment or other applicable return destination upon completion of the work contract. |
| Descontos no salário | The reasonable repair cost of damage from deliberate destruction, other than that caused by normal wear and tear, will be deducted from the earnings of workers found to be responsible for damage to housing or furnishings. |
| Número do caso | JO-A-300-26280-286050 |
|---|---|
| Ocupação oficial | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Publicada em | 22 de out. de 2026 |