Farm Worker
Employer
1435 Hwy 165 N
England, AR 72046
United States
Job description
General farm labor including, but not limited to: Operate various tractors and farm equipment to till soil; work ground; prepare and maintain land; and plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment includes but is not limited to: Tractors with various implements, sprayers, combines, back-hoes, mowers, track-hoes, ATVs/side-by-sides, and trucks. Irrigation activities, including laying pipe; walking length of 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; draining excess water from fields; monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; building, constructing, and maintaining levees; installing and removing levy gates and putting in spillways. Manual duties include but are not limited to: Loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; changing combine cutting heads; roughing fields and using hand-tools to remove undesirable plant varieties, rocks, trash, and other objects from fields; welding; performing general maintenance, repairs, and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, fences, gates, barns, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand-tools and equipment, repair, clean, and maintain farm vehicles, machinery, specialized machinery, and agricultural equipment; regularly service equipment; mowing and landscaping around the farm; and lifting items as needed. Other duties include: Receiving crop for drying and storage at grain storage facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; operating augers and grain conveying equipment; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; and shoveling grain. Cattle/hay production duties include: Drive trucks to haul hay crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers; cut, rake, bale, and move hay; check on cows daily; tag cows; move cows from fields; feed cows; provide water; assist with medication; pasture maintenance, including clean fence rows; cut up down trees; raking and picking up limbs. Workers may receive salary increases and merit-based bonuses based upon merit, skill, and/or experience at the sole discretion of the employer.
Special Requirements
Must have 3 months of farming experience.