Beef Cattle Farm Worker

Location: Cayuga, Ontario

  • Posted Date: April 1, 2018
  • Positions Available: 6
  • Terms of Employment: Permanent / Full Time
  • Experience: Experience an asset
  • Working Hours: 40 hour/week
  • Starting Wage: $15.00/hour

To apply for this position, please email jobs@vgmeats.ca or via fax at 1-519-426-0063.


Busy meat producing and processing company from Simcoe, Ontario, immediately requires six (6) beef cattle farm workers for work on our cattle farm in Cayuga.

This is a full time position, offered at 40 hrs a week with a salary of $15.00 hr.

Ideal candidate should have some previous or current work experience in farming, however, not a mandatory.

No education requirements.

Duties and responsibilities are:

  • Prepare, mix and measure daily feed rations
  • Distribute daily feed rations
  • Identify sick animals and determine proper treatment or contact a veterinarian
  • Assist in breeding programs including artificial inseminations and synchronization
  • Transport cattle to market, Assist in the branding and tagging of calves
  • Assist in vaccination programs
  • Maintain and build fences
  • Maintain equipment
  • Understand current beef markets
  • Maintain high standards of animal welfare
  • May be required to do additional farm related duties