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Elly's Acres Farm, LLC Agricultural Worker in Jamesville, New York
2 Fulltime H-2A Seasonal Jobs available 12/23/24- 06/03/2025.
Assisting with lambing which includes segregating ewes that have given birth plus caring for the young which also includes, record keeping, giving: vaccinations, castration, tail docking, ear tagging, warming if hypothermic, bottle feeding orphans giving minerals and general care and feeding of the ewe and lamb flock. Feeding and watering includes giving the ewes, grain and hay 2x/day. Additional duties include, plowing in and around barns during winter, setting barn configuration up and transferring animals based on management practices to separate barns as necessary. Cleaning barns, ability to use a skid steer and tractor, gathering logs that have fallen in pasture or on fence lines cutting and splitting them, mowing fields after they've been grazed, moving the flocks rotationally between fields, disposal and or composting of dead livestock by using tractor to pick up deceased animal, digging a hole and burring in the hole. Delivering products produced on the farm to market, assisting with on farm kill of lambs, delivering lambs to slaughter house by use of farm vehicle. String lines on trees, install vacuum pumps, tapping trees, collecting and running reverse osmosis machines for the sap.
Requirements:
- Three months experience of the duties mentioned
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 75 pounds
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive pushing/pulling/sitting/walking,
- Frequent stooping, and repetitive movements
- Workers must have a valid drivers license
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov.
For qualified applicants requiring a Spanish translation of this job order, please email DOCE@labor.ny.gov or call 1-877-466-9757. Please include the applicant name and job order number in your request.