Weller Beef
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Position Summary:
We are a medium sized family owned and operated cow calf operation. We raise Gelbvieh Balancers. Our heard is about half registered and half commercial. Currently, we have about 300 pairs. After our fall and spring calving seasons, we retain our heifers to continue building our herd to the goal of 600. We use our commercial steers for our direct-to-table beef business, and either retain or sell our registered bulls for breeding. In the coming years, we intend to start our own on the farm bull and heifer sales, in conjunction with opening a wedding venue. In order to accomplish this, the farm we operate, which is about 100 years old, is in need of some modernization in order to make it fit our desired premium image.
With the expansion of the herd as well as future growth ambitions, we are adding a second position to the operation. This position will be a pivotal role in our operation. This position will be tasked with a lot of responsibility and trust to work unsupervised most of the time. This role demands a determined professional with a meticulous nature, driven by detail to ensure that every aspect of farm is well maintained. Please apply if you are someone who places importance on getting details correct, enjoys working hard, and is a calm levelheaded individual wanting to put down long-term roots.
This position is responsible for all day-to-day aspects of our 300 head cow-calf herd/ growing to 600 head, equipment repairs, general farm repair and improvements. The ideal candidate will have proficient experience in all aspects of cattle health, intermediate proficiency in mechanical repairs, skilled in the ability to operate heavy machinery such as bulldozer and excavators as well as proficient in stick welding, carpentry, and overall understanding of farming aspects.
This is a salary position, and as such, this is not a 8 to 5 job. Salary is negotiable depending on experience. We are looking for someone who wants to help build this farm into the premier image we have planned for it. We hope to find someone who meshes with our personalities and mindsets with the goal of being able to provide them with a long lasting career that can support their family.
Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day care of all cattle on the farm: Cow-Calf, Backgrounding and Finishing
- Maintenance and repair of equipment and facilities, ensuring they are in good working condition.
- Hay Season: mowing, raking and bailing hay
- Daily check-in’s on what has been completed during the day
- Must be someone who is ok to work alone majority of the time, but also as a team
- Upkeep of our online record keeping system, Cattlemax
- Oversee a small team of day workers including fencing crew
- Farm building and improvement projects
- Overall job is described as 50% livestock duties, 50% farm improvement duties
Qualification Requirements
- Age 25yr +
- 2 years minimum cattle experience specifically including cow-calf herds, doctoring, calving, and general maintenance of animal wellbeing
- Skilled in operating farm equipment (tractors, skid steer, feed wagons, balers, etc)
- Skilled in heavy equipment (bulldozer, excavator)
- Intermediate level or higher in the use of hand tools used to maintain, build, and repair equipment and buildings
- Ability to build fence
- Work all day in the sun and snow
- Ability to work effectively with minimal oversight
- Ability to weld proficiently
Location Summary: Located in Lathrop, MO, about 45 minutes northeast of Kansas City, about 15-25 minutes from major box stores.
Amenities:
- Salary negotiable based on experience
- Housing compensated within salary
- Stabling included for 2 horses
- Equipment provided for farm jobs
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Email
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