Farmworker
Folson Farms
📍 East Grand Forks, MN · Polk County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26170-033299
- 📞 Phone: +1 (218) 773-1201
- ✉️ Email: casey@folsonfarms.com
- 🌐 Website: www.careerforce.mn.gov
Employer instructions
Workers interested in the job may reach the employer at the following address and phone number:
Name: Casey Folson
Address: 306 7th Ave NE, East Grand Forks, MN 56721
Phone: 218-773-1201
Applicants may call Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm
Applicants, Workforce Agency Personnel, Walk-ins, Gates Hires, etc. may:
1. Call for an interview during normal business hours at the number listed above.
2. Report to the farm office or worksite listed above.
3. Employee must be available and indicate willingness to work the entire season. Must have transportation to the job site at the start of the season. Transportation will be reimbursed. Must be familiar with the terms, conditions and nature of employment. Are legally entitled to work in the US. and able, willing and qualified to perform the work. Must possess documentation required to enable employer to comply with the employment verification requirements of IRCA. Accurate completion of Form I-9 will be required from each worker within (3) days of employment and/or hiring of individual referred through the clearance system. All candidates must be able to communicate in English to ensure safety at the workplace.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Farmworker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26170-033299
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
We grow, package and ship red and gold potatoes. We bring potatoes from the field on trucks to our facility where we unload them and put them into storage buildings. We wash the potatoes and sort them by size and grade. After the potatoes are inspected and sorted, we package them in 3, 5, 10, 15, 20- and 50-pound bags and ship them out. Assist in operating packing and unloading equipment.
We need employees to stack 3, 5, 10, 15, 20- and 50-pound bags on pallets and in bins. Shrink wrap stacked pallets. Assemble bins, boxes and other packing materials. Clean the plant and equipment. Inspect incoming potatoes during harvest and remove dirt and debris and assist in operating packing equipment. Clean harvest trucks. Operate bin piler to pile incoming potatoes in bins. Drive truck in field and under harvester. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
Mechanical skills are beneficial. Regular driver's license. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Job requires repetitive movements. Employer will conduct post hire drug test at no cost to the employees to enforce a drug free workplace. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Require 3 months potato experience.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | 17.65/hr (Wage rate for H2A workers only) |
| Housing type | Rental or public accommodations (Grand Forks, Nd) |
| Housing | Family housing not available. Housing will be clean & meet applicable Fed, State &local housing standards. Workers must maintain neat & clean housing. Housing/utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to place of residence the same day. If both male & female workers are hired: separate toilet, bathing and sleeping rooms will be provided. |
| Meals | The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers. |
| Daily transportation | Employer is not a H-2ALC. Employees will be provided with an employer owned vehicle to drive to and from work and to town for errands at least once per week. Daily transportation schedule will coincide with the work schedule outlined on this application, or as agreed upon between employer and employee based on seasonal demands and/or workload. A different vehicle(s) may be provided which meets all DOT requirements if the following is no longer available. The vehicle provided will be a 2004 Jeep |
| Travel to the job | The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. |
| Pay deductions | Deductions required by law. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of damages &/or replacement of tools &/or equipment if such repair or replacement results from willful neglect or gross negligence after damage has occurred & after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction. Employer may deduct the reasonable cost of damages and/or replacement of tools and/or equipment/lodging/vehicles if such repair or replacement results from willful neglect or gross negligence after the damage has occurred and after gaining the employee's written authorization to make the deduction. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26170-033299 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Golden Opportunities Int. LLC |
| Posted | Jul 8, 2026 |