Farm Worker

About this opportunity

Dates

Dec 1, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027

Duration

~5 months

Experience

Not required / not stated

Category

agriculture

Requirements

• Experience not required / not stated
• Work Rules
• 1. Per the DOL, the Employer will reimburse the Worker for inbound travel, sustenance, or other DOL-allowable expenses only upon the Worker completing 50% of the contract.
• 2. Workers must perform their assigned work carefully and work in accordance with the provisions of the work contract. Sloppy work will not be tolerated.
• 3. Workers must report at the assigned time and place each workday as directed by the Employer or Employers representatives.
• 4. Workers may not take unauthorized breaks from work. Should the Worker need a break, he/she will immediately contact the Employer or Employers representative.
• 5. Workers may not leave an assigned work area without the permission of the Employer or Employers representative.
• 6. Workers may not enter the Employer's premises without authorization.
• 7. Workers may not begin work before the scheduled starting time or continue working after the stopping time unless authorized by the Employer/Employers representative.
• Primary Duties by Month:
• December: Clearing land following summer crops and preparing 2,000 additional acres that were not planted last year because of limited labor availability.
• January: Repairing equipment, preparing land for new crops, and performing general farm repairs (e.g., Irrigation lines, well pumps, fences).
• February: Continue prepping land and getting seed beds ready for planting.
• March: Finish seed beds for planting, begin planting of new crops.
• April: Plant remaining fields and begin spraying and fertilizing
• GENERAL FARM LABOR DUTIES:
• • Workers prepare, maintain, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to the elevator.
• • The equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, equipment that utilizes GPS and auto-guidance systems, sprayers, combines, backhoes, mowers, and track-hoes. Non-CDL farm trucks will be loaded with agricultural products such as inputs, fertilizer, topsoil, harvested crops, etc., and driven on the farm to storage facilities such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags in proximity to the farm.
• • Job also requires participating in irrigation activities, including laying pipes, walking the length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, and draining fields. water from fields, and monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops
• building, installing and maintaining levees, installing and removing levy gates and putting in spillways
• receiving crop for drying and storage at grain storage facility
• disposing of spoiled grain
• loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level
• monitoring grain moisture levels
• preparing scale tickets
• and shoveling grain
• loading seed into planters
• properly mixing chemicals
• loading chemicals into sprayers
• loading and transporting fertilizer on the farm
• changing combine cutting
• • heads
• roguing fields and using hand tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, trash, and other objects from fields
• • Performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, property borders, barns and all farm equipment
• ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained
• using hand tools and equipment to attach implements, repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment
• regularly servicing equipment
• changing oil
• and performing landscaping duties around the worksite as needed such as weed eating, trimming bushes, trimming trees, and mowing grass when needed. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions.

Work authorization

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Work authorization

H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker

International candidates

Yes

Employer sponsorship

Required

Confirmation

Confirmed by source

Official source

U.S. Department of Labor

Benefits & conditions

Housing

Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — Built in 2004, 1,200 SF with 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. The housing unit has a full-size kitchen with a stove, cooktop, and refrigerator. Eating and prep utensils are provided, etc. Workers with valid driver's licenses may be allowed, with the Employer's permission, to use an Employer's vehicle, insured by the Employer, with which they transport themselves to/from the grocery store and shop for other supplies any time they wish outside of duty hours.

Transportation

If a worksite is not within a 15-minute walking distance each way from the housing site, the employer will transport H2A and US workers to the stated worksites each day, deemed a workday. Depending on the needs of the vineyard, the Employer will pick up workers between 7 - 8 a.m. and provide a return trip to the housing site between 5 - 6 p.m. at no cost to the workers. All employer automobiles have passed state inspection, are fully insured, and have sufficient seating with seatbelts.

How to apply

E-mail: Crossroadsfarm53@yahoo.com; Tel: +17015560277

Email

cjwphood@yahoo.com

Phone

+16018420061

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Official source

U.S. DOL SeasonalJobs

Case number

JO-A-300-26260-242453

Verification

Last verified: September 20, 2026

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