Farm Workers
Employer
Grain Bins: 20960 Hwy 114 E
Gould, AR 71643
United States
Job description
Crops/Commodities: Farm work: Cotton 50%, rice 20%, and soybeans 30%.
Prepare fields, plant, cultivate, and harvest cotton, soybeans, and rice. Operate farm vehicles and agricultural equipment to plow, harrow, plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. Till soil, thin, prune, and weed crops. Load cotton bales, pick up and load loose cotton, and hand chop and rogue cotton. Walk rice and soybean fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops from wells. Drain excess water from field, open drainage overfill pipes, and walk each field to check for standing water. Rogue rice fields during flood. Perform end of season draining of fields with shovels. Receive rice crop for drying and storage at grain drying facility. Dispose of spoiled grain from pit and elevator area. Workers will unload grain bins and load into trucks. Dispose of spoiled grain and chop grass out of fields. Repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities including setting up and operating irrigation equipment and clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches. Shovel and maintain levees. Install and remove levy gates and put in spillways. Repair and maintain farm vehicles and agricultural equipment. Ensure hoppers are filled properly. Clean ditches and field of debris. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, and knives. Clean and maintain work areas. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job.
Special Requirements
Two months of farmwork experience is required. Work outside in inclement weather including hot (110), cold (20), humid, and/or wet conditions. Lift, carry and load seed sacks weighing up to 50 lbs. Climb grain bins up to 30 ft. tall. Walk, reach, stoop and sit for extended periods of time. Must be 18 or older.