Farmer

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Assist Farm team in all aspects of Seed preparation including, but not limited to storing, cutting and preparing seed for 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Assist Farm in updating, reviewing, revising, and maintaining SOPs across farm all activities.
• Assist Farm in collecting, analyzing and reporting all farm related data.
• Assist Farm in preparing annual reviews of previous years’ farming information and preparing future years budget and strategic plans.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support smooth operations such as assisting in loading/unloading potato samples and performs seasonal scooping, piling, and grading activities.

Qualifications

Experience in crop production, watering practices, chemical applications, heavy vehicle operations.

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.

Benefits

Wysocki Family Farms offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support our employees and their families. Benefits include, but are not limited to, compensatory time, a bonus program, health, dental, and vision insurance, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with employer contributions, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, short-term disability insurance, life insurance, and tuition reimbursement for both past and future education.