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French Island Farm and Ranch, LP is an approximately 1,150 acre family-owned and operated farm and ranch operation near LaBelle, Texas in Jefferson County, approximately five miles west of Port Arthur, Texas and ten miles south of Beaumont, Texas.  The property is currently in cattle and hay production.  650 acres are former rice acreage, but the property has not been farmed for rice since the 1980’s.  There are five managed bass fishing lakes comprising approximately 135 acres, and approximately 170 acres of the former rice pasture are enrolled in the seasonal Texas Prairie Wetlands Program and managed as habitat for migratory waterfowl during the winter.  The balance of the acreage is in some woodlands and marsh.  The property abuts a state wildlife management area and hosts a large population of alligators and hogs that require management.

The selected candidate will become a full-time employee of French Island Farm and Ranch, LP.  The candidate will be expected to reside on-site full time and tend to day-to-day operations, 

Because the day-to-day activities will be so varied, the ideal candidate will have experience with or a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: 

 

·      Farm and ranch management or a related discipline.

·      Wildlife and fisheries management or a related discipline.

·      Agricultural business or a related discipline.

  

This is not an indoors job, and the selected candidate must have a love of the outdoors and willingness to engage in vigorous outdoor activities and labor in all seasons of the year, in all kinds of weather.