Farm Worker

in Lincoln County, AR

Job Description

Seasonal and Temporary Work 2/16/26-11/05/26

Crops/Commodities:
Farm work: Cotton 50%, rice 20%, and soybeans 30%.
Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays):
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. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker.
Employer may request, but not require, workers to work more than the stated daily hours and/or on a worker's Sabbath or federal holidays. Worker must report to work at designated time and place each day. Daily or weekly work schedule may vary due to weather, sunlight, temperature,
crop conditions, and other factors. Employer will notify workers of any change to start time. Workers will have an unpaid lunch break.
TERMINATION. Prior to any termination for cause, employer evaluates workers' performance of required tasks and compliance with Work Rules and other employer policies. Employer may terminate a worker for cause if the worker's performance consistently and/or substantially fails to
satisfy the employer's reasonable expectations (in accordance with the criteria set forth herein), or otherwise engages in serious or egregious misconduct that endangers health, safety, or property. In assessing whether workers' performance meets reasonable expectations, employer
evaluates, among other reasonable criteria, whether the worker: (1) has adequately complied with the Work Rules and any other policies or procedures; (2) has complied with all health and safety guidelines, including the use of tools or equipment in accordance with best practices to
protect the employer's property, crops, and in a manner that avoids injury or damage;

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.

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