Farm and agricultural worker

Nursery workers in Kite, 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: Meeks Farms & Nursery, Inc.
Where: Kite, Georgia
Places: 30
Pay: $12.57 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2026-11-14
Ends: 2027-05-09
Filed: 2026-09-08

What the work involves

Pine tree nursery worker: Sow and plant pine tree seeds in seeding barn. Extract pine tree seedlings to cartons and boxes for shipment. Load and unload pine seedlings. May gather green pine cones for seeding. Perform farm, field and shed sanitation duties. Mow grass and operate trimmer around farm buildings. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Operate farm vehicles to haul crops and drive other farmworkers from place to place around the farm properties (including on public roads to reach farmer’s fields) during the workday. May operate truck with GVWR of less than 13 tons to transport crops produced on the farm (in its unmanufactured state) to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market. Though not a hiring requirement, if a worker drives a company vehicle during the period of employment then at the time of operating the company vehicle the driver must possess a valid driver’s license issued by a U.S. state or foreign equivalent and operate the company vehicle in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications applicable to that license.

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 $2,175 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