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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Supervisor 45-1011 Position Summary: - Will work alongside general agricultural workers in the production of burley, dark fired, and air cured tobacco, as well as row crop operations. -In addition to performing all manual labor duties, the Supervisor is responsible for directing daily work activities, maintaining crew efficiency, enforcing productivity standards, monitoring crop and barn conditions, and assisting farm ownership in operational and agronomic decisions to produce the highest possible yield. -This position requires leadership, crop knowledge, physical endurance, and the ability to maintain productivity standards while working in the field and barns. Leadership & Supervisory Responsibilities: • Work alongside crew members in all production activities • Direct, assign, and monitor daily work tasks • Ensure workers remain on task and maintain steady work pace • Enforce productivity standards: • Burley Tobacco: 100 sticks per hour (excluding dropping sticks) • Dark Fired Tobacco: 50–60 sticks per hour • Monitor work quality in cutting, spiking, housing, stripping, topping, and sucker control • Provide hands-on training during the two-day (14-hour) training period • Correct improper cutting, housing, or stripping techniques • Promote safety and proper use of knives, spears, and equipment Crop Monitoring & Decision Support: • Routinely scout fields for: • Black shank • Insect pressure • Nutrient deficiencies • Stand loss or uneven growth • Report findings promptly to farm ownership • Assist in determining timing of topping, sucker control, harvest, and chemical applications • Ensure crop handling prevents bruising or breakage • Monitor maturity to optimize harvest timing Dark Fired Barn Oversight: • Inspect barns during curing process • Monitor temperature, airflow, smoke distribution, and tobacco color • Supervise wood cutting and staging • Oversee placement and firing of wooden slabs covered with sawdust • Ensure firing cycles are maintained until appropriate color is achieved • Remove ashes after firing • Identify curing issues early and report immediately Production Duties (Performed Alongside Crew) Alternative work: General farm maintenance and other duties as required in the farming operation maintenance. Includes, but not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, dropping sticks in field, maintenance of tool & equipment & other work as directly related to the crop activities for which the worker is hired. Also includes fixing and the clearing and painting of fence/barns. Such work will be offered when climate or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed. General Conditions: If work is available beyond normal workdays, employer may offer, but not require, worker an opportunity to work additional hours. Workers will report to work at designated time and place as directed by assigned employer each day. workers may be requested to ten (10) hours per day depending on conditions in fields and the maturity of the crops. Also, workers may be requested to work on federal holidays and their Sabbath but will not be required. Workers may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Down time: Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer’s control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. Worker may be required to work in fields when crops are wet with dew / rain and should have suitable clothing for conditions which include light rain and temperatures ranging from 10 degrees to more than 100 degrees. Workers should be able to stand, bend, stoop and work for prolonged periods of time and be physically fit to perform duties as assigned. Care must always be exercised with any use of equipment.

Job Classification:

45-1011.00 - First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

No

Special Requirements:

Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.

Number of Hours Per Week:

40

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Company Name:

Owen & Rust Farms, LLC

Location:

Elkton, KY 42220

Worksite

Address:

255 Goodman Rd, Elkton, KY 42220

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-26051-654412

Multiple Worksites:

No

Additional Wage Information:

The H2A wage rate offer will be $14.84 per hour.

Date Posted:

3/3/2026

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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