Posted: May 26, 2021

Opportunity: Dawson Creek

Operate and maintain farm equipment, fencing, animal care and management (horse/beef). Must have a passion for agriculture.

Loiselle Investments Ltd. Is looking for a ranch hand to work with Mr. Loiselle on his 7500 acre farm/ranch. There is a mix of physical work (fence fixing), equipment operation, horse management and business management skills to ensure a profitable business. Therefore the potential employee must be eager to learn, open to ideas and physically able to work long hours. Wages are competitive and depend on applicant’s experience and drive.  Housing will provided.

Contact Kathy Heaton – Office manager,  Loiselle Investments Ltd. for more information.  250-782-2331 phone    Loisel1@telus.net

Opportunity: Provost Alberta

Wanted: Employee for cow-calf operation. We are looking for a half-year full-time employee at our home quarter between Provost, Alberta and Unity, Saskatchewan. We value environmental and sustainable ideas, are doing 100% grass-fed beef.

This is a salaried position on organic ranch near Provost, Alberta, winter feeding and calving Nov.15-May 15, generally half-year full-time.  No accommodation but mobile home on serviced lot rent-free OK.  Piggybacking OK (we’re totally OK with someone wanting to get into the industry piggybacking off our operation).  $12,000-$16,000/year depending experience with performance bonus. Email: nathan@tangosmeats.com.

See more here: http://youngagrarians.org/ranch-job-sp-cattle-company/

Opportunity at the Grant Ranch, Val Marie Saskatchewan

The Grant Ranch, located in south west Saskatchewan at Val Marie is looking for a person with a passion for grass and cattle to fill a herdsman position that they have open.

The ideal person would be able to evolve into a decision making role in managing our 1200 cows, 1500 grassers, 30,000ac grazing land.

Find out more about the Grant Ranch at: grantranch.ca

If you or a person you know would be interested and qualified for this position, feel free contact the Grant family, Lynn or Sherri at: grantranch@sasktel.net or contact them at 306 298-2268

http://grantranch.ca/

Unique Full Time Position Available- Gulf Islands

For:

Students graduating from Applied Sustainable Ranching Program or qualified applicants

More Details: 

Family run and owned beef and sheep farm on Prevost Island,  6 miles from the town of  Ganges on Salt Spring Island, by boat.

Our family has owned the farm since 1925. We urgently need a full-time employee who would be here year-round but even a student coming for the summer would be a big help, so we are open to any suggestions.

Prevost Island is not serviced by ferries or by B.C. Hydro, so travel is by boat  and we do nearly all our business in the town of Ganges, which is a 20 minute boat trip away.  We have solar power backed up by generators. Freight must come in by boat or barge, and once a year we have a big barge come which carries trucks bringing fertilizer, grain, fuel, and other freight in, and taking calves and cull cows out. We sell lambs to private customers, and have to ship the lambs out on a smaller barge and have them then trucked to the slaughterhouse. We grow all the hay needed for winter feed, so haying is a big job in June and early July. Other work includes cutting firewood, ploughing and reseeding pastures and hayfields, fencing, building maintenance, machinery maintenance and repairs, winter feeding of livestock, lambing, calving, and helping to run a portable sawmill.

Accommodation and transportation are provided. We are registered as employers with the CRA and make the required wage deductions as well as providing Worksafe B.C. coverage.

It is important that the employee have some knowledge of farm machinery and its safe operation and maintenance. Experience with livestock is a great help, but we are able to train someone in livestock handling. The employee should have a genuine interest in living in this situation, have a positive outlook, common sense, and a sense of humour and adventure! This is a job in which the living expenses are low, so  a young person could easily save quite a bit of the pay cheque and still live comfortably. The time off is usually flexible except for haying season.

For more information and to apply contact: Barbara de Burgh at barbaradeburgh@gmail.com