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Job Description: Ranch Assistant
Location: 9 miles East of Hereford, CO- Rural north central Weld County
Employer: BCK Heath Property, LLC
Full time salaried position. Activities include:
1. Managing a 50-pair red Angus cow/calf operation with two bulls. Monitor calving and routine health maintenance of herd. Summer pasture on 700 acres; calving season with corrals, shelter fencing, chutes, and barns near residence. About 30% of time.
2. Operation of farm machinery - including tractors, baler, chicken litter spreader, tillage equipment, manure spreader, skid loader, swather, ditch filler wagon, and grain cart. About 20% of time.
3. Operation of semi-tractor with grain trailers and/or flatbed trailer for hay. Commercial Drivers License (CDL) preferred. Primarily hauling between wheat fields and local elevator in Hereford, CO; hauling chicken litter from Hudson, CO to ranch; and hauling hay to organic dairy near Platteville or Gill, CO. About 30% of time.
4. Assist with maintenance, operation monitoring, and trouble-shooting five center pivot irrigation systems. About 10% of time.
5. Other organic farm and ranch related activities as assigned, including assisting with building maintenance and repairs, machinery maintenance, and fencing. About 10% of time.
Contact: Burton Kross at 970-231-1430
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