What are the responsibilities and job description for the Farmer position at Wysocki Family Farms?
Position Summary
The Farmer ensures the delivery of safe, high-quality crops that meet customer requirements by assisting other members of the farm team in planting, growing, harvesting and shipping crops grown by WPF. This role integrates best practices, manages critical control points, and applies data-driven decision-making to optimize crop quality, storage value, and customer satisfaction.
Qualifications: Experience in crop production, watering practices, chemical applications, heavy vehicle operations
Accountabilities:
Seed and Storage: Assist Farm team in all aspects of Seed preparation including, but not limited to storing, cutting and preparing seed for planting.Planting: Assist Farm in all aspects of crop planting including, but not limited to field preparation, equipment preparation, planting operations, and any other duties required for appropriately planting crops. Growing Season: Perform all operations appropriate to growing crops that meet customer expectations including, but not limited to watering, applying pesticides, applying herbicides, fertilizing, yield digs, petiole samples, irrigation maintenance, field maintenance, quality checks.Harvesting and Storing: Assist Farm in all operations needed to harvest and store crops including, but not limited to equipment operations, storage line operations, potato truck driving, quality checks.Post Harvest: Assist Farm in post-harvest activities including, but not limited to field maintenance, equipment maintenance, storage building maintenance, crop quality monitoring, shipping assistance, crop movement.SOP Development and Management: Assist Farm in updating, reviewing, revising, and maintaining SOPs across farm all activities.Data Management, Analysis and Reporting: Assist Farm in collecting, analyzing and reporting all farm related data.Planning: Assist Farm in preparing annual reviews of previous years’ farming information. Assist farm in preparing future years budget and strategic plans.Miscellaneous Operational Support – Performs other duties as assigned to support smooth operations such as assisting in loading/unloading potato samples and performs seasonal scooping, piling, and grading activities, including sorting and removing foreign materials on fast-moving conveyors, operate and shuts down lines during variety changes and may operate agricultural equipment such as tractors as needed and performing other functions as requested by the Farm Manager.
Physical Activities/Demands:
This position is approximately 10% sedentary and 90% active in indoor and outdoor manufacturing and agricultural environments. It requires the ability to ascend/descend ladders, stairs, and equipment; move into various positions, including tight or confined spaces; bend, stoop, squat, kneel, and reach or lift objects above the shoulder; walk on firm, uneven, or soft terrain; lift up to 50 pounds (and occasionally more with team assistance); communicate verbally and in writing; repeat hand and wrist motions; operate machinery, power tools, vehicles, and heavy equipment; visually inspect work at near and far distances with peripheral vision and depth perception; and sit for extended periods.
Environmental Conditions:
Physical activities may occur indoors (office, shop, production areas) and outdoors (fields, storage areas) and may involve exposure to low and high temperatures, precipitation, wind, noise, chemicals or pesticides, dust or poor ventilation, and low or limited light conditions.
Wysocki Family Farms is an EEO employer