Farm and agricultural worker

Winter Ranch Worker in Lamar, Missouri

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: ROC Cattle Company, LLC
Where: Lamar, Missouri
Places: 2
Pay: $18.71 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-11-21
Ends: 2027-02-28
Filed: 2026-10-09

What the work involves

Worker will operate a farm tractor and feed mixer to prepare and deliver a daily ration of hay, silage, and protein supplement at about 47 lbs per head per day. Worker will load and haul hay and silage and keep feeding records. Worker will sort cows by expected calving date, and move cows close to calving into calving pastures. Ready calving pens, supplies, and equipment. Worker will check cows day and night, including scheduled night checks. Assist cows with difficult births and tag and process newborn calves. Pair cows with calves and care for weak or chilled calves. Worker will wean, gather, sort, and load summer-born calves for sale. Worker will gather and sort cattle on horseback. Pull bulls from the cow herd around Thanksgiving and turn bulls out with the cows on or around February 1. Feed and care for weaned calves during backgrounding and watch for sickness. Break ice on water sources, and perform routine maintenance on the tractor, mixer, and feeding equipment.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $3,237 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification