Farmworkers and Laborers

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Planting, Cultivating, & Harvesting Row Crops. Duties include but are not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, fertilize, spray, harvest, transport crops to elevator or storage area in trucks, on the farm, no CDL required. This includes crops such as cotton, corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. Workers will perform seed corn receiving, silage, sorting, and dryer loading as it pertains to harvesting the crops. Other duties include loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; helping with grain bin minor repair, maintenance, clean out, loading and unloading grain into pickup trucks, operating augers and grain conveying equipment, preparing scale tickets, and shoveling grain. During cotton harvesting, must be able to assist with cotton picker simple repairs, using farm equipment to move bales out of the fields, and other duties involved with cotton harvesting. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant/cultivate crop. Perform variety of other duties such as drain water from fields with hand tools & shovels and tractors when needed, maintain/clean all hand tools & mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Workers place grain onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators. Prepare barns, drain fields, prepare land for planting, and other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Worker may mow the farm. Cattle - Workers will perform any of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the farm: feeding, watering, herding, grazing, castrating, branding, tagging, washing, weighing, catching, loading, examining for detection of disease and injuries, assisting in birth deliveries, administering worming, medications and vaccinations, cleaning and maintaining housing areas, and repairing fences, cattle guards, gates, and other structures or facilities used for housing, loading, or penning livestock. Assist in moving cattle to pens for routine work as well as from pasture to pasture for ample grazing. Horses are used in moving cattle from pasture to pasture by owners.. Workers would assist with feeding, watering, and any routine care involving the horses that are used on the farm. Assist with weed control on grazing areas (including noxious, invasive and poisonous plant species) which will include spraying pastures and fences. Monitor grazing areas for poisonous and/or noxious plants and take action to prevent livestock from consuming any identified. Move pregnant livestock at a pace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, track-hoes, feed trucks, ATVs/side by sides, and skid steers. Must be able to cut, rake, and bale hay for cattle and horses. Also need to assist with clipping pastures. During the 2 months of non- H2A workers, cattle/horses will be cared for by owner, sons, and domestic workers. Workers must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers must be able to perform general farm cleanup due to any weather damage such as wind, snow, ice, rain, or tornado damage. Workers must be able to perform and help with any general maintenance around the farm and with farm equipment, as well as routine and general care of all of the livestock. Workers may be asked to drive farm vehicles. May transport workers to fields and/or grocery store.

Salary : $15