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Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 6
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 40
- Wage: 15.87 USD / Hour
- Start date: 10/03/2025
- End date: 07/01/2026
- Process date: 07/30/2025 15:44:45
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
For use in the production of our agricultural and horticultural products. Corn, Pumpkins, Mums, Landscape Shrubbery. Transportation of products to and from grain facilities and to our end user customers using trucks and trailers. Inbound material transport for crop production Fertilizer, Grain by-products, Plastics, Potting Soils, Mulch, Compost. Preparation of soils for planting of crops. Maintenance of equipment used in crop production. Harvesting and final preparation of crops for marketing purposes. Burley Tobacco: Duties include, but not limited to: Nursery care, laying, trimming, top trimming, storing and greasing and peeling. Workers will be trained for a period of two days (14 hours) after which the worker is expected to cut 100 sticks per hour - does not include dropped sticks. Other related jobs and duties may include cutting weeds between plants with a hoe: removing tops and shoots from plants, applying fertilizer (side dressing). Dark Fired Tobacco: Duties include but are not limited to: Nursery removal, placing, cutting buffers/greasing, cutting, storing and peeling. Workers will be required to cut wood and haul it to the barn to burn the tobacco. Wooden boards covered with sawdust are placed under the tobacco that is hanging in the barn. The boards are burned to smoke the tobacco and this is repeated until the tobacco reaches the appropriate color. Workers will remove the ashes that remain after the tobacco is burned. The worker is required to cut 50-60 sticks per hour. Air Cured Tobacco: Duties include but are not limited to: Nursery care, placing, cutting buffers/greasing, cutting, storing and peeling. Other Related Duties for All Types of Tobacco: Workers will cut the weeds between the plants with a pick or shovel; cutting tops and suckers on plants, and applying fertilizer. Row Crops: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. 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 husking and shelling corn, lubricating and repairing farm machinery and unloading grain onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators. Nursery: Duties including, but not limited to: Performing any combination of the following duties related to preparing soil and growing media, growing crops, and participating in horticultural activities. Drag and spread topsoil, fertilizers, etc. to condition the land. Dig, rake and sift soil and fill cold frame and hot beds to prepare for planting. Plant, spray, weed and water plants, shrubs and trees. Ties, bunches, wraps and packages of flowers, plants and shrubs to complete orders. Load trucks for marketing. Work the potting line by transplanting seedlings into retail containers and placing them in the growing area. Assist with delivery of product to customer. Maintenance on agricultural equipment required in operation. Assist in the configuration of the product for the sale of the crop. Alternative work: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, dropping sticks in field, maintenance of tool & equipment & other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing and the clearing and painting of fence/barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed.