Farm Worker

H2ajobs; Lena (MS); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Free transportation to town

Kitchen facilities

Job summary

Pecan Row Farms LLC in Mississippi seeks dedicated farm workers to operate tractors, care for horses and livestock, and maintain clean, safe housing and feeding areas. The role requires physical outdoor work, compliance with safety practices, and flexibility to work through winter conditions.

Workers receive employer-provided housing and meal facilities, plus transportation support. This is a full-time, on-site position with opportunities to join a small, farming team.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate tractors with farm implements attached.
• Experience working outdoors in varying weather conditions.
• Ability to handle horses and livestock safely.

Responsibilities

• Drive tractors with farm implements attached.
• Maintain shelters, paddocks, and feeding areas.
• Provide clean bedding and monitor water and feed.
• Assist with loading/unloading hay and farm tasks.
• Complete INS Form I-9 readiness and be available to begin employment.

Skills

Tractor operation

Outdoor work

Animal handling

Tools

Farm equipment

Job description

Drive tractors:Care for horses and livestock during winter. Maintain quiet calm demeanor working around animals. Keep shelter clean, dry, with proper drainage. Clear paths in paddocks and around shelters, remove ice patches. Keep footing area solid, spread sand on slippery spots and spread gravel on super muddy areas. Provide clean, dry bedding - remove wet bedding and manure at least once a day. Feed horses frequently, smaller feedings with unlimited access to clean, dry, and mold-free hay. Add grain or fat supplements if needed. Monitor feed intake. Make sure horses have access to fresh, unfrozen water at all times. Clean buckets and troughs daily. Monitor drinking behavior daily. Place salt blocks in pastures and stalls. Groom horses: pick hooves daily, use curry comb to gently brush the coat to remove dirt, keep legs dry to help prevent scratches or mud fever, clean muddy tails and manes. Watch for hoof problems such as thrush, bruising, and cracks. Watch for colic and heaves symptoms. Monitor horse's body condition - feel a horse's back, withers, and ribs. Exercise horses: warm-up, hand walk, turnout, cool down adjusting routines for safety and comfort. Pay attention to attitudes and behavior. Watch horse body language to learn normal behavior.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer housing has free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities for the workers that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. Workers are offered free transportation at least once a week to assure workers access to bank and to stores where they can purchase groceries and other needed articles.

The furniture includes-- sofa, dining table, chairs, beds, stove, refrigerator, laundry facilities. Cooking and eating utensils are provided. All linens, towels, sheets, pillows, etc. are provided. Utilities, electricity, water, etc. are also provided. Housing is provided at no cost to workers who are not reasonably able to return the same day to their place of residence. Housing is provided to employees only. Family housing is not provided and is not a prevailing practice in the area of employment. Group housing with shared kitchens and common areas, separate sleeping and bath areas will be provided. Housing is offered during the employment period only and workers

Transport: Pecan Row Farms LLC will arrange and pay for all the worker's reasonable costs for transportation, food, lodging between the places from which the worker comes to work for the employer to the employer's worksite. The amount the employer will pay for transportation and necessary lodging will be no more and no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier costs. Pecan Row Farms LLC will pay subsistence, transportation and lodging for the worker's return trip at the end of the

Experience wanted: 0 months

Maintain quiet calm demeanor working around animals. Must be available for entire contract period and able to perform all job duties.

• 4b Able to drive tractor with farm implements attached. A drivers license is not required to drive farm trucks on farm access roads or to drive farm implements,tractors etc.
• 4e. Some heavy lifting- seed, fertilize etc.
• 4f. Work is performed outdoors and involves exposure to sun, rain, heat, cold, insects and other natural elements.
• 4g.-4j. Loading unloading hay, feed etc,. Applicants meeting all qualifications required must possess documents to complete INS Form I-9 and be available at time and place necessary to begin employment.