Field Workers

About this opportunity

Dates

Oct 29, 2026 – May 22, 2027

Duration

~7 months

Experience

1 month(s)

Category

agriculture

Requirements

• Experience: 1 month(s)
• Minimum Job Qualifications:
• 1 month of harvest experience in any of the commodities listed. Specific requirements include lifting up to 50 pounds frequently and able to use hand tools, including cutting knives.
• Must be able to work under conditions where skin and clothing become heavily soiled with mud, water, grease, etc.
• Must be able to work outdoors in inclement weather conditions, including rain, cold, high winds, etc. Work involves frequent bending and working in bent or stooped positions.
• Must be able to walk and stand up extensively. No smoking, alcohol, firearms in the field or residential housing.
• Work is performed in open fields and may involve exposure to mud, dust, wind, heat, cold, and other natural elements. Temperatures can range from 30 degrees Fahrenheit to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the period of employment.
• Workers should come prepared with appropriate clothing and footwear for the environmental and working conditions described.
• Field Workers to perform the following duties:
• Baby Leaf (Spring Mix, Green/Red leaf, Salanova) harvesters fill totes with baby leaf product, load filled totes onto field trailers, stack filled totes onto field trailers, transfer totes from field trailers into reefer trailers using a pallet jack, tractor driver pulling trailers. The process is repeated.
• Workers are responsible for the cleaning of equipment and maintenance of the yard.
• Irrigation: Field worker to perform the following duties:
• Irrigation Flood: Workers walk in uneven furrows. Using a shovel, workers shape and/or remove soil gates within the furrow to give access or obstruct water flow in field.
• Workers have to manually connect plastic pipes that line into the field. These pipes weigh approximately 5 lbs, are 5 feet in length, and 2 inches in width.
• Pre-Irrigation: workers walk on wet uneven furrows and across beds. Field workers move within the field looking for any non-working or clogged sprinklers. Under the direction of the field supervisor, workers make sure sprinkles aren’t clogged or have any pipe disconnected. Pre-Irrigation is used to water down soil and prepare the field prior to farming.
• Irrigation: workers walk on uneven furrows. Field workers pick and/or lay sprinklers and irrigation pipes.
• Employees are grouped in groups of 3 workers. One worker drives tractor, the other two workers walk behind a tractor and a trailer that carries aluminum pipes. Under the direction of the field supervisor, the worker grabs the pipes and sprinklers and by bending at the waist they have to manually unload and/or load pipes into the furrow to set the field up for irrigation following transplanting.
• Break/move pipes: workers walk on uneven furrows. Field workers pick and/or lay sprinklers and irrigation pipes. After transplanted field is watered down, workers have to move and/or break irrigation pipelines. Under the direction of the field supervisor, field workers have to move and carry aluminum pipes and sprinklers from one furrow into the next as needed to water down the field evenly. Aluminum pipes and sprinklers weight approximately 50 lbs, 30ft in length, 2 ½ in width.
• Under the direction of the field supervisor, the employee starts, turns on and off the irrigation cycles by adjusting the speed and pressure.
• Must always maintain audit-ready sanitation standards in the work environment in all areas of the warehouse. Identifying workplace safety hazards. Adhering to safety management standards. Adhering to production schedules. Ensure that all Food Safety policies are followed. Ensure that all Safety procedures are followed to reduce the risk of any type of injury to either the employee or others. Reports all safety problems, incidents and injuries to foreperson immediately. Comply with all Company policies.

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) — 1 unit – 15 beds and 1 unit 14 beds total of 29 beds, of which we will only use 28 beds for this job order. Each worker will have their own bed. Laundry is located less than ¼ miles away, workers will be provided a $6 weekly stipend for laundry. Laundry stipend will be provided in an amount commensurate with local market rates

Transportation

Company will offer transportation at no cost to workers occupying Company-provided housing to the work site and return on a daily basis. The Company will also offer transportation at no cost to workers who commute to work on a daily basis and workers who elect not to occupy the Company-provided housing from one or more pre-designated pick up points to and from the daily work site. The use of this transportation is voluntary.

How to apply

E-mail: H2aworkerinfo@elkhornpacking.com; Tel: +18316763833

Email

selina@elkhornpacking.com

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Official source

U.S. DOL SeasonalJobs

Case number

JO-A-300-26241-202987

Verification

Last verified: September 20, 2026

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