Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

This job posting is intended only for U.S. workers legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Responsibilities

• Corn hand harvesting:
  • Hand-picking corn
  • Bundling harvest bags
  • Loading dryer boxes
  • Placing bundles of harvested material from the fields
  • Removing tassel bags or other used supplies from the fields, including shoot bags
  • Sorting harvest bundles for shelling hubs
  • Laying out harvested material in tubs for selection
• Soy harvest duties:
  • Harvesting soy plant pods or plants by hand
  • Bundling rows together
  • Carrying material to threshers, trailers, and combines
  • Roguing off-type plants
  • Sampling harvested material for lab submission
  • Placing harvested material into designated storage and processing areas
• Plot maintenance tasks:
  • Hand-pulling and hoeing weeds
  • Roguing off-type plants from both corn and soy fields
  • Placing stakes and attaching row tags
• Soy threshing:
  • Operating single-plant threshers and bulk threshers
  • Moving processed inventory
  • Counting seeds for winter planting
• Husk/sort duties:
  • Removing husks from corn on husking beds
  • Checking for any remaining husk on the ears at sorting tables
  • Performing quality checks
  • Removing discolored, abnormal, or moldy corn from the sorting table
• Tissue sampling:
  • Taking plant material samples using a sampling tool
  • Placing samples in sampling containers

Requirements

• Ability to work outside for at least six hours a day in all kinds of weather
• Requisite strength and endurance to work quickly and skillfully with hands
• Availability for the entire period requested by the employer
• Willingness to perform the work necessary to grow a premium-quality product

The employer retains the right to discharge any worker who is obviously unqualified, a malingerer, or recalcitrant, or for any other lawful reason.

Equipment and Safety

• The employer will provide necessary tools at no charge to the worker
• The employer may charge the worker for reasonable costs related to refusal or negligent failure to return tools, or for willful damage or destruction of tools
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) is required and provided by the employer, including:
  • Safety glasses
  • Gloves
  • Earplugs