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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

5

Job Duties:

Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Duties may vary from time to time. Clearing ground of rocks, sticks, & roots by hand, clear brush and trees with chain saw. General field & fence maintenance. Manually weeding fields by hand or using hand tools. Preparing the ground for planting. Use wood to build and repair boxes for digger. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. Cut, bale, and haul hay. Do minor repairs, maintain, and clean all hand tools and mechanical equipment prior to and after use. Do minor repairs to barns and potato shed. Must be able to work with minimum supervision. Workers may be asked to operate farm equipment, drive all tractors (in the field), and implements on farm including: hipper, disk, dual, chisel plow, potato transplanter, bushhawg, grain buggy, skid steer, forklift, water trailer to water plants, and any other equipment related to the planting and cultivation harvesting of crops. May also plant and cultivate corn, cotton, and soybeans. Workers will feed and herd cattle. Planting Sweet Potatoes: Covering potatoes with use of bedding machine & covering with plastic. Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load and Unload onto trucks. Walk behind potato transplanter and fill in slips by hand. Riding mechanical transplanter and loading slips in planting cups. Dividing plants by hand. Load and unload boxes on trucks & trailers. May also operate skid loader to load and unload trucks and trailers. May operate the company's vehicles to drive workers from/to housing, worksite, and grocery store.

Job Classification:

45-2091.00 - Agricultural Equipment Operators

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

2

Special Requirements:

Valid driver's license required to drive the company's vehicles. Workers must be 18 years or older. Two months experience needed in hand cutting slips and use of mechanical transplanter and sorting and grading sweet potatoes. It is recommended that you have experience with Agricultural Equipment and knowledge of Agricultural Field work due to safety reasons related to possible equipment injury, heat stroke possibility, and food safety. The company may conduct background checks on all new applicants for employment at the employer's expense. All tools, supplies, and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers. Lifting requirement 5-60 lbs. The majority of the workday is spent on one's feet and outdoors. Workers may stand in one place for any period of time. Workers must be able to climb, stand, sit stoops, squat, kneel, crouch, bend (from the waist), push pull, reach, and lift.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Rodgers Farm

Location:

Gore Springs, MS 38929

Worksite

Address:

5375 Hwy 404, Gore Springs, MS 38929

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25364-517192

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

H2A Visa Workers: $8.59

Date Posted:

1/7/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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