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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: 67
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 48
- Wage: 14.63 USD / Hour
- Start date: 06/01/2026
- End date: 01/15/2027
- Process date: 04/01/2026 09:09:53
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
Skill Level 1 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 crops. Perform variety of other duties such as husking and shelling corn, lubricating and repairing farm machinery and unloading grains onto conveyors to storage bins and elevators. Drive trucks and agricultural equipment loaded with harvested crops from one location to another on the farm (e.g., from field to storage facility located on the farm). Trucks vary in size and may include semiĀtrucks that are licensed with a limited tag that allows only for farm use. A commercial driver's license is not required to operate vehicles pursuant to Kentucky law. Workers will be expected to operate the corn planter at the highest speed that ensure the seed is planted at the proper depth based upon conditions of the ground. Additionally, a crew of 6 men will need to place 400 bales of straw in storage per hour. Forage: Duties will include, but are not limited to: Land preparation, operating tillage equipment, cutting equipment. Move the hay bales to the storage barns/barns of farms that purchase the hay. Additionally, a crew of 6 men will need to place 400 bales of straw in storage per hour. Tobacco: Participate in Good Agricultural Practices. Burley Tobacco: Participate in Good Agricultural Practices training. 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 - it 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, 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. Alternative Work: General farm maintenance and other duties as necessary in maintaining farming operation. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing soil for planting, maintenance of implements & equipment & other work as directly related to the harvest activities for which the worker is employed. Also include fixing and emptying and painting of fence/barns. Participating in livestock operation, duties may include, but not limited to, feeding, tagging, vaccinations, movement from pen to pen, and sorting. Such work will be offered when weather or harvest conditions prevent work in the primary activities listed above.