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Family Owned Ranch
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Location
Athens, TX
Job Type
Full Time
Salary
DOE, Competitive
Date Posted
October 16, 2018
Description of Operation:
- 2,000+ acre ranch located near Athens, TX (1.5 hours SE of Dallas)
- commercial cow/calf and stocker operation and typically run 375 mother cows and background all of our calves
- cow herd is primarily comprised of a fall calving Angus herd and a spring calving Brangus herd
- goal is to produce top quality replacement females that will be a productive, easy fleshing animal in either our cowherd or someone else’s
- produce 2,000 bales annually of coastal bermuda round bales, haying experience a must
- loads sold annually to Superior Livestock auction, private treaty from the ranch, or local sales
- owner and wife live on site and additional help is contracted as needed
- good fences already in place, permanent and some electric
- our gentle herds are handled currently with horse and feed truck
Ideal candidate skills:
- use of border collies and horse to herd is a plus and welcome
- single or family is welcome
- practice low stress cattle handling techniques and follow BQA guidelines
- ability to run haying equipment
- some handyman skills
- some equipment repair and general ranch maintenance skills
- great work ethic and good follow through
- knowledgeable in herd health and nutrition at all stages of production
- feeding decisions, doctoring
- tagging, calving, processing, weaning
- moving cattle between pastures
- growing replacement females
- run hay and baling equipment each year
- general rotational grazing and pasture management
- palpation skills required / ultrasound skills preferred
- electric fence construction and maintenance
- ability to participate in and run general ranch improvement projects
Salary:
competitive pay commensurate with experience
housing provided (completely remodeled house 2016)
Years of Experience preferred: 5 yrs
Date Needed:
immediate start
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