What are the responsibilities and job description for the Agricultural Equipment Operator/general Farm Worker position at TB Feeders LLC?
Our main farming activity is cattle feedlots, but we also plant and harvest our own crops that are used for feeding of our cattle. Workers will be required to assist in all farming activities.
Job duties include the following, but is not limited to:
Drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops.
Attach farm implements such as plow, disc and drill to tractor.
Till soil, plant and cultivate grain.
Tow harvesting equipment.
Drive and operate self-propelled combine, swather, baler and rake.
Silage chopping, haying, hauling grain and silage.
Assist with irrigation of crops - maintenance of pivots for irrigation purposes.
Harvested crops are delivered to one of the feedlots:
Workers to off-load trucks and monitor the unloading of the trucks.
Pack crops and move crops using tractors.
Move hay bales from stack yard to the feed area for grinding.
Drive tractors to pack high moisture corn and the silage.
Clean pens and haul manure. Workers will use loader to load trailers with manure. Drive tractors with trailers to haul the manure from the pens to manure pile.
Maintenance of machinery and equipment - this includes duties such as lubricating and repairing farm machinery.
Haul manure - using skid steer, use loader to load trailers with manure. Drive tractors with trailers to haul the manure from the pens to the manure pile.
Driving farm trucks to feed correct rations and pounds to individual pens of cattle.
Driving farm trucks to haul silage from the field to the feeding area - during harvest season.
Driving farm trucks to haul corn between cattle feeding areas.
Driving of the farm feed trucks are only on the work site locations and between the feed yards.
Assisting with processing, doctoring, and handling of cattle.
Daily maintenance of trucks - lubricating, change filters, check water and oil.
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