Farm and agricultural worker

Ag Equipment Operator in Mound City, Missouri

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Luna Custom Services LLC
Where: Mound City, Missouri
Places: 2
Pay: $15 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-09-01
Ends: 2026-12-07
Filed: 2026-06-24

What the work involves

Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, and storage of crops such as working with bins and augers to load carts and trailers; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; Operate primarily John Deere tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) such as combine, grain cart to harvest crops such as soybeans, corn; Load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields, load crops into hopper trailers and drive trucks to transport to fields and storage facilities such as elevators, bins, silos, piles/bags; Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping; Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; Attach implements using hand tools. While a CDL is not required for this position any worker who possesses a CDL may operate CDL equipment. Must speak and understand English.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,595 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification