Windy Bar Ranch is a 150-cow, pasture to plate beef operation that is headquartered in Stonewall, Texas. We produce 100% black Angus cattle. We also sell registered bulls and females.

This position will involve you in every aspect of a cutting-edge, pasture-to-plate beef operation. The ranch manager position would involve the following tasks:

• Manage and process beef sales, pickups and shipments.
• Schedule and coordinate beef pickups by consumers at the ranch.
• Manage beef inventory of walk-in freezer, storage facility and beef processors.
• Prepare budget and business plan for any proposed “value-added” additions to Windy Bar Ranch.
• Assist in advertising and promotion of Windy Bar Ranch locally-raised beef.
• Assist in marketing plans for consumer beef sales.
• Assist in marketing plans for registered cattle and semen sales.
• Mix feed for all cattle on feed.
• Locate and schedule delivery of feed products (hay, corn, corn gluten, etc.) for ranch.
• Maintain and service equipment such as ranch truck, tractors, feed mixers, Kawasaki Mule, 4-wheelers, roll-out irrigation unit, etc.
• Manage irrigation of paddocks with roll-out irrigation unit.
• Assist in preparing fields and planting annual winter cover crops.
• Assist with haying operations.
• Assist in planning and executing rotational grazing system for all cattle.
• Assist in maintenance and repair of electric and barb wire fences.
• Assist in checking cattle and ensuring availability of water, salt and supplemental protein.
• Assist in weighing and tagging calves at birth.
• Assist in weaning calves.
• Assist in weighing and working cattle, including tattoos, freeze branding and vaccinations.
• Maintain current inventory records of all classes of cattle at all locations.
• Assist in hauling cattle to processor, auction or to purchaser.
• Assist with synchronizing cattle for AI and embryo transfer.
• Assist with AI of cattle.
• Assist in marketing of registered bulls and females.
• Interview and assist in selection of summer intern.