NDSU FARM SHOP - Contact Shane at (701) 367-9576
- Ag Tractor and Machine Operator needed
- General farm work and livestock handling
- Mainly haying and some row crops
- Late model equipment
- Flexible schedule
- Competitive pay
- Overtime available
- Must have experience operating tractors and farm equipment
- Must have drivers license and ability to drive heavy duty pickups with trailers and grain trucks
- Ability to work some weekends, as needed
NDSU MEAT LAB - Contact Jacob Arntzen or Jason Bahls at ndsu.meats@ndsu.edu, or stop in to the Peltier Complex
- As a NDSU Meat Lab part-time student employee, you can be part of the entire harvesting procedure starting with the humane slaughter process of all NDSU livestock used in teaching and research; food safety handling procedures while cutting and filling custom orders; how to break down beef, pork, and lamb; learning about the different processes while making specialty items such as pulled pork or beef, dried beef, jerky, snack sticks, brats, and sausages; assisting with retail sales; and answering customer questions about current in-stock items or cooking techniques.
NDSU SWINE RESEARCH FACILITY - Contact Megan at ndsu.swinebarn@ndsu.edu
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Learning and performing morning and afternoon chores, including appropriate feeding per room, sweeping alleys, cleaning pens as instructed per room
- Handling and processing of baby piglets at birth, day 2, and weaning
- Identifying and treating animals that require it, and keeping accurate records of the treatments
- There may be some minor maintenance/fixing of equipment
- Pressure washing
- Administering vaccinations
- Assisting with loading pigs for transport
- Weekend/holiday work rotation is required. Rotation frequency is based on the number of people available. Typically, the weekend rotation is every third weekend.
A person will have the opportunity to learn, among other things:
- Artificial insemination
- Use of a portable ultrasound for the purposes of pregnancy confirmation
NDSU Beef Unit - Contact Garrett at garrett.havelka@ndsu.edu
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
- Daily feeding of cattle including operation of payloader, feed wagon and bale processor
- Maintenance of unit facilities
- Assistance with a variety of research projects
- Handling of cattle during working events
- Monitoring cowherd during calving season
- Hauling cattle using pickup and gooseneck trailer
- Covering chores 2-3 weekends per semester
- Experience with cattle and machinery is not required, but must have the ability to learn
A person will have the opportunity to learn, among other things:
- The entire beef production cycle including breeding, calving, pasture management, weaning, backgrounding, heifer development and finishing.
- Reproductive technologies including estrus synchronization, artificial insemination and pregnancy diagnosis via ultrasound.
