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Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse in Glennville, Georgia

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: Dasher Family Farms LLC
Where: Glennville, Georgia
Places: 110
Pay: $12.57 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-10-26
Ends: 2026-12-21
Filed: 2026-08-19

What the work involves

Crops/Commodities: Farm work: Vidalia onions, pecans. Perform manual labor to plant and cultivate Vidalia onions. Workers will pull plants from seed beds and tie them in bundles, ride in trailer throwing bundles into field. Remove sprout from bundle and place into pegged hole insuring that the root touches bottom of hole. Workers will take steps to not damage onions. Clean and maintain fields and work areas. Maintain orchards including pruning and thinning of pecan trees, plant and cultivate pecan trees and harvest pecans. Operate farm vehicles, tractors and equipment as needed. Ongoing orchard maintenance including pruning and thinning on ladders and lifts. Perform duties using both hand tools and mechanical tools/equipment. Harrow and fertilize soil, plant, cultivate, spray, sweep, shake, and harvest crops using equipment. Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, equipment and cleaning plant. Till soil, mow, prepare and apply fertilizers and herbicides, and transplant seedlings. Plant pecan trees by hand while keeping up as trailer pulls young trees through orchard. Haul fertilizer and lime to young trees with wheelbarrow and buckets, keeping up as tractor pulls fertilizer trailer through orchard. Put garlic, soap, and wraps on young trees by hand. Worker may perform grading/irrigation activities. Work in groups to set up irrigation equipment, including carrying lines and putting in underground emitters. Operate irrigation equipment. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Use pick-ax and shovel to make new irrigation ditches in the field. Harvest pecans by hand. Pick up old pecans in the field to be hauled off. Push pecan wagons by hand into storage. Pick up limbs and rocks. Repair pallets and sacks in processing plant. Assist with Good Agricultural Practices policies. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Approx staggered entry: 28 in October, 82 in November.

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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 $2,175 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