Farm and agricultural worker

Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals in Polo, MO

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: Show-Me Farms
Where: Polo, MO
Places: 12
Pay: $15 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-01
Ends: 2027-02-10
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies. Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures. Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics. Mark livestock to identify ownership, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos. Inspect, and repair, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences. Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations. Drive pickups, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed and hay to animals. Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions. Help with animal births. Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food. Move equipment, hay, grain or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks and trailers. Maintain water tanks to ensure livestock have access to fresh water including filling tanks, breaking ice, etc. Spread manure upon fields. While a CDL is not required for the job, some workers hired under this job order may already possess or obtain one. 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