General Ranch Hand

This northern Nevada cattle ranch is hiring three seasonal ranch hands for its winter feeding period, November 15 through March 14. Cattle come off summer BLM range in November and are wintered on ranch pastures, so the job is built around feeding roughly 2,100 head daily with a tractor and feed wagon or hay processor, putting out salt and mineral, and hauling feed and water. Hands also check stock condition, watch for illness and injury, assist with night calving, give vaccinations, brand, tag and castrate, clean corrals and stalls, and stack hay bales. Two months of experience is required and the week is 48 hours. The posted rate is $14.73 an hour with a separate H-2A figure.