Farmworker
James Edwards
📍 Letcher, SD · Sanborn County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26177-054898
- 📞 Phone: +1 (605) 248-2338
- ✉️ Email: jimed@santel.net
Employer instructions
Workers interested in the job may reach the employer at the following address and phone number:
Name: James Edwards
Address: 24113 400th Ave , Letcher, SD 57359
Phone: 605-248-2338
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
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Subject: Application for Farmworker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26177-054898
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
James Edwards is a commercial grain, hay, and livestock farming operation located in southeastern South Dakota, which has a need for additional temporary farmworkers between the months of September and June. Employees are needed to start in early September to perform preparation work, followed closely by the operation of farming equipment to harvest crops (operating combine & running grain cart), transport cow and calves off pasture, wean and work calves, feed cattle, haul hay and grain commodities throughout fall and winter months. Spring calving starts at this time. Employees are needed to help care for newborn calves and nursing mothers - vaccinate and treat for sickness throughout the spring season. Spring work consists of preparing soil and planting crops, putting up the hay crop, along with basic farm maintenance duties, such as snow removal and fencing. Cow/calf pairs are prepped and transported back to pasture at this time, and employees will need to check fences. By July - harvest, calving, and planting periods have been completed, causing a slow period for mid-summer months, until harvest and cattle work begin all over again in September. Employees will complete general farm duties as assigned. Employees will need to complete routine repairs and maintenance on equipment.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required |
Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures. Job requires a regular drivers license within 30 days of hire. Require 3 months experience.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | $16.28/hr (wage offered to H2A worker only) |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Letcher, Sd) |
| Housing | 43.866424, -98.201234 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 2013 Ford |
| 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-300-26177-054898 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Golden Opportunities Int. LLC |
| Posted | Jul 8, 2026 |