Farm and agricultural worker

Farm Worker in Atlus, OK

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: Salt Fork Ag, LLC
Where: Atlus, OK
Places: 5
Pay: $11.88 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-14
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

Job requires the operation of various tractors and farm equipment to till soil, plant, irrigate, fertilize, spray, cultivate, harvest, and transport crops to elevator or storage area. Equipment that workers may be required to operate includes, but is not limited to, tractors with various implements, grain carts, sprayers, combines, round module picker and stripper, forklifts, backhoes, balers, mowers, track hoes, ATVs, and side-by-sides. Job requires transporting agricultural products and commodities from the field to storage using farm vehicles and equipment. Job will also require participating in irrigation activities including laying pipe, walking length of irrigation pipe to puncture it at set intervals, setting up and operating irrigation equipment, clearing and maintaining irrigation ditches, operating well motors, operating and maintaining pivots, draining excess water from fields, monitoring fields to check on and maintain adequate water supply to crops; changing combine cutting heads; loading seed into planters; properly mixing chemicals; loading chemicals into sprayers; performing general maintenance, repairs and/or clean-up of storage sheds, pivot points, buildings, fences, gates, and all farm equipment; ensuring operational areas are organized and well maintained; using hand tools and equipment to repair, clean and maintain farm vehicles, machinery and specialized machinery and agricultural equipment including grain augers; regularly servicing equipment; receiving crop for drying and storage at grain drying facility; disposing of spoiled grain; transporting grain from fields to grain bins; loading and unloading grain into trucks while keeping grain level; operating augers and grain conveying equipment; monitoring grain moisture levels; preparing scale tickets; and shoveling grain. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often, and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

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 $2,055 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