Agricultural Equipment Operator

Lamb Farm and Feedyard is a family-owned agricultural operation in central Nebraska that grows row crop commodities such as corn, soybeans, alfalfa, millet, and rye. They need seasonal help from March to December for various tasks such as fieldwork prep, planting, irrigation, harvesting, and equipment maintenance. Job duties include preparing fields for planting, operating farm equipment (plows, discs, sprayers, harvesters, tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, irrigation equipment, and other farm equipment), spraying crops (fertilizing, dusting, and spraying crops, mixing and spraying fertilizer or pesticide solutions), irrigating soil, maintain and install irrigation, loading and unloading crops, and repairing equipment. Farm workers require assistance with various tasks, such as cleaning work areas, maintaining grounds, and transporting animals, crops, or equipment. They also clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping, direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting, inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress, load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities, maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems. In addition. They record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs, record information about plants and plant growth, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures, set up and operate irrigation equipment, trap and destroy pests, such as moles, gophers, and mice, using pesticides, build agricultural structures, clean equipment or facilities, confer with managers to make operational decisions, cut trees or logs, direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees, evaluate the quality of plants or crops, harvest agricultural products, load agricultural or forestry products for shipment, maintain agricultural equipment, maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products, maintain operational records, mark agricultural or forestry products for identification, operate farming equipment, operate irrigation systems, perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks, plant crops, trees, or other plants, prepare land for agricultural use, and transport crops. Employer may, at its sole discretion, provide pay increases based on longevity or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

Salary : $19