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We are a 3000 acre row crop farming operation. We primarily grow rice,
soybeans and wheat utilizing flood irrigation. Our equipment consists
late model John Deere machines.\
Workers must be proficient in operating all forms of equipment. Must be
familiar with John Deere Displays and data inputs by farm. Must be able
to work long hours in hot summer months to help with irrigation of rice
and soybeans. Must be able to work in dusty conditions, as we utilize
grain bins on our farm. Must follow orders and communicate well with
other farm workers. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks
such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth
inhibitors, etc, attach/detach implements, be able to\
handle working in high humidity, clean work areas, direct and monitor
work during planting and harvesting, haul and spread materials such as
but not limited to fertilizer to condition the soil, inform farm
managers of plants or crops progress, load crops and drive trucks to
transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities,
load and unload materials and commodities, load inputs and drive trucks
to transport to fields, maintain grounds and landscaping, mix materials,
dump solutions or seeds into planter, spreader, sprayer @type\
machinery, operate self propelled machinery, participate in the
inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of
crops, record information about crops, repair and maintain farm
vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, repair farm buildings,
fences, and other structures, set up repair, maintain, and operate
specialized equipment, tilling soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning,
pruning crops, use hand tools such as such as shovels, trowels, hoes,
tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, use hand tools such
as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools, work in extreme
temperatures. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be
used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being
performed: air seeders, augers, bins, silos, loading and unloading
facilities, combines or other harvesting equipment, GPS guidance
systems, grain carts, forklift, irrigation equipment, mowers and other
landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, planters, self-propelled
machinery, semi trucks, sprayers, spreaders, straight frame trucks,
tillage equipment, tractor/trailer combinations, tractors. The workers
will be performing the duties to help produce: rice, soybeans, wheat.
Speak and understand english. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers
license within 30 days following hire and obtainclean driving record to
be able to operate company vehicle.
