Farm and agricultural worker

Ranch Hand in Minnesota Lake, MN

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: Field Farms, Inc.
Where: Minnesota Lake, MN
Places: 8
Pay: $15.63 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-01
Ends: 2027-03-15
Filed: 2026-10-22

What the work involves

Performs any of the following tasks to attend to livestock. Maintain heated watering system and operating snow removal equipment. Mixes feed and additives, fills feed troughs with feed and waters livestock and remove ice formed in water. Examines animals to detect diseases and injuries. Vaccinates animals, applies medications to cuts and bruises, spray livestock with insecticide. Confines livestock in stalls, washes and clips them to prepare them for calving and assists veterinarian in delivery of offspring. Binds or clamps testes or surgically removes testes to castrate livestock. Clips identifying notches or symbols on animal, or brand animal, using branding iron, to indicate ownership. Cleans livestock stalls and sheds, using disinfectant solutions, brushes and shovels. Maintain buildings and equipment. Operated needed equipment, hauls hay and grain.

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.

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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 $2,704 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