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If you watched an episode of YELLOWSTONE and think this is the job for you… know that the only thing on this ranch that resembles that show is the proverbial TRAIN STATION!!!!
AI / EPD / EID’s / NHTC / BW / WW / SC / CED / LGBTQ Plus……..
If you are proficient in ALL of these acronyms EXCEPT THE LAST ONE…
Then this might be the job for you…. If not … please don't waste our time.
We have been raising and selling purebred Limousin genetics for almost 50 years.
Folks are semi retiring so we need to ramp up our help. This gives an eager, experienced, and knowledgeable individual a unique opportunity!! We are looking for someone seasoned in running an operation like this and potentially helping with the marketing of these cattle so we can continue on this legacy. What this is not…. is an opportunity to experiment with your college professors theories!
We do raise all the feed for our cattle and contribute to the feed for a local 10,000 head feedlot where our cattle have resided the past 20 years. That has given us the opportunity to go through the Source and Age verify process to allow our cattle to be shipped to Europe / Japan and any other countries requiring this authentication. In addition we are able to tie the kill data back to not only the registered cattle and their actual ultrasound measurements but also the commercial herd to know what mamas are raising prime grade A steaks!!
What all this means is that you aren’t simply a cowboy riding green horses and ropin’ cattle all day. In your response we will be looking for a written listing of any skills relevant to this type of operation including any type of farm machingery / semi’s / spread sheet and ration building/Cattle Data software experience / doctoring / mechanical aptitude / (typing is a skill we require along with the obvious record keeping that goes along with it … so computer skills are a must and apps with a few paragraphs will not cut it and will likely be ignored)
Salary: Obviously depends on the type of experience you have. We are also considering bonus opportunities like running a few head of your own or possibly a bull sale net percentage etc..
Housing: Depending on answers to the following questions but we may have housing already available or in the process.
Respond with ALL requested info in ONE concise email as to enable us to fwd to all decision makers!
1 resume.. with references.
2 earliest start date .
3 summary of your abilities that fit our requirements... types of equipment you have run
4 housing requirements... / Kids school requirements....
5 List any hobbies and /or any interests related to farm/ranch work.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BACKGROUND CHECK / DRUG / ALCOHOL TEST!
INTERNS:
We are offering a PAID internship depending on skills, with most of the requirements listed above applying. Interns with a business interest may be interested in putting a business plan together for expanding our cattle feeding operation and a pheasant hunting endeavor. Electrical Engineering / PC Science students could also benefit in real world on the ranch lab experiments. With all the electronics in farming now we have started to network with others to put together technology that already exists in other industries. We have co developed corn population seed population apps and sensors / liquid sensors/ Inexpensive camrea systems from automotive backup cameras. A farmer in Iowa built a little circuit board that sends a blue tooth signal to an app on any android device to map and count singluation on corn seed plantings. He and i have also worked together to put a $7 liquid sensor in line to measure EXACTLY the amt of liquid fertilizer that is applied to our crops in every zone. What we lack is saavy electrical engineers who are learning much of this daily in labs but lack real work applications. We simply dont have the time to manage the steep learning curve to test and produce little projects like this. Existing technology costs tens of thousands... At our ranch i recently aquired an engine from the big military drone engines when a friend bought out a test facility. Its currently installed in an experimental airplane i built in Washington DC after 911 and is nearing its test phase outlined by the FAA. We hope to apply cover crops / scout fields as well as continue using it for checking cattle etc.. but installing new cameras and other technology will take some creative thinking and much ground testing. Networking with areas young, eager minds in these areas and more are just a few of the things we are reaching out to find talent.
