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farm worker crop

  • James Wilson
  • Munfordville, KENTUCKY

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Source last checked: 10/27/2026

Job summary

Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)

Pay
$13.94 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
8/2/2026 to 2/15/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 2 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$13.94 / hour
Positions offered
8 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
8/2/2026
Contract end
2/15/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
1155 Forrestville Rd
ZIP code
42765
Hours per week
40

Additional pay information

$0.18 per stick for cutting could yield an estimated hourly rate of $ 16.32 with a guaranteed hourly rate of at the least the AEWR $13.94 per hour or prevailing wage.

Duties and description

Original English description
  • Physical labor is needed for farm activities involved in burley tobacco production which includes harvesting and
  • stripping of burley tobacco. Two months experience is necessary in the production of burley tobacco. Work in
  • the fields can begin early in the morning when the leaves are wet with dew and the work will continue all day long
  • even in weather conditions that can be as hot as over 100 degrees. Workers are required to be physically fit and
  • able to perform the duties while standing, bending, stooping, walking and lifting sticks of tobacco, that weigh up to
  • 60 pounds, all day long and while standing on rails that can be as high as forty feet from the ground on tiers four
  • feet wide and six feet high. The worker is required to cut and spike no less than an average of 100 sticks, six
  • plants per stick, per hour each hour during the cutting process. Workers must be able to work as a group, keeping
  • pace with other workers in the production of the tobacco. All the time care must be exercised to prevent bruising
  • and breaking of the tobacco plants and leaves. Care must be exercised in using the tobacco knife, spear and
  • while climbing and standing on the rails. James Wilson is involved in the cutting, housing and stripping of tobacco
  • and other work on his properties in Hart, Edmonson and Grayson counties, KY. James Wilson will make daily individual work assignments,
  • crew assignments and location of work as the needs of the operation dictate. Land is owned or leased but
  • controlled by James Wilson. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different task on
  • different days only on land either owned, leased but controlled by James Wilson. Steady and reliable attendance is a required must to each aspect of this job.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Farmworker (harvest, nursery and greenhouse)
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
2 months of experience

Physical labor is needed for farm activities involved in burley tobacco production which includes harvesting and stripping of burley tobacco. Two months experience is necessary in the production of burley tobacco. Work in the fields can begin early in the morning when the leaves are wet with dew and the work will continue all day long even in weather conditions that can be as hot as over 100 degrees. Workers are required to be physically fit and able to perform the duties while standing, bending, stooping, walking and lifting sticks of tobacco, that weigh up to 60 pounds, all day long and while standing on rails that can be as high as forty feet from the ground on tiers four feet wide and six feet high. The worker is required to cut and spike no less than an average of 100 sticks, six plants per stick, per hour each hour during the cutting process. Workers must be able to work as a group, keeping pace with other workers in the production of the tobacco. All the time care must b

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26155-979642
Case status
Certification issued

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