Farmworker Laborers
Gen 8 Farms, LLC.
📍 Cynthiana, KY · Harrison County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26183-073548
- 📞 Phone: +1 (859) 221-4171
- ✉️ Email: michael.furnish@e-farmcredit.com
Employer instructions
Employer will interview individuals referred through the local holding office (see below). The referring SWA is responsible for informing applicants of all terms and conditions of employment. After coordinating the referral with the order holding office, the referring SWA should contact the employer directly to provide notice of the referral. When possible and if necessary, the SWA should furnish translator services.
Employer will communicate the hiring decision directly to the applicant at the phone number, address, or email address applicant provides. Employer advises all applicants to maintain communication with the referring SWA office:
Order holding office:
Kentucky Department of Employment Services 502-564-7456
275 East Main 2WA Frankfort, KY 40621
The referral under this job order from the Applicant Holding Office is to be made to the employer:
Gen 8 Farms, LLC
PO Box 95/450 Licking Valley Road Cynthiana, KY 41031 (859) 221-4171
In accordance with 20 CFR 653.501(c)(3)(i), employer guarantees to offer U.S. applicants and referrals the number of hours of work specified above for the week beginning with the H-2A contract start date indicated. Hired applicants must contact the SWA or order holding office to verify the start date of need no earlier than nine (9) working days, and no later than five (5) working days, prior to the start date of need specified in the job order.
Failure to contact such office in accordance with this requirement shall disqualify the applicant from this assurance.
To be eligible for employment, applicants must:
1. Be able, willing, and available to perform the specified job duties for the duration of the contract period.
2. Have been apprised of all material terms and conditions of employment;
3. Agree to abide by all material terms and conditions of employment;
4. Be legally authorized to work in the United States; AND
5. Satisfy all minimum job requirements
All local and intrastate (in state) applicants must be referred by the order holding office directly to the employer for interview. Interview hours are 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Monday through Friday, except for federally recognized holidays.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farmworker Laborers (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26183-073548
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Farm laborers will work with Tobacco, Corn, & Soybeans. Growing Tobacco transplants: Greenhouse preparation, seeding, & maintenance; & plant bed preparation. Transplant Activities. Cultivation & maintenance. Harvest, curing, stripping, baling, & preparation for marketing. These work activities anticipated to be performed at any time/various times throughout the entire period of employment. Workers plant, cultivate, harvest(cut & house), strip & bale Burly Tobacco. Workers may ride/operate mechanical transplanter for planting. May walk behind transplanter to reset missing plants. Workers will chop out weeds with a hoe, or pull weeds by hand. Workers will remove tops & suckers from plants. Workers using a tobacco knife will cut ripe plants off at ground level & spear the tobacco stalk over metal spear onto wooden stick (stick is 48 inches long, one end is stuck in ground, & metal spear is placed on other end). Industry standard is six (6) plants per stick (stick & six(6) plants may weigh 80-100 pounds, & plants may be seven (7) feet tall). Workers may drop sticks in standing tobacco before cutting by hand or by machine. Worker will transfer tobacco-loaded sticks from ground to wagon or trailer & load sticks in orderly fashion on said wagon or trailer. Worker will then transfer sticks from wagon or trailer to other workers standing on rails in tobacco curing barn. Workers standing on rails (worker stands with one foot on each rail -- rails may be 48 inches apart & from 6 to 40 feet from ground) will either hang stick & separate plants, or will transfer to another worker for purposes of air-curing the tobacco. For best results, curing barns should be filled in as short a time as possible. Care must be exercised to prevent bruising or breaking of plants & leaves at all times. Care must also be exercised in using tobacco knife, spear, while standing on rails, & stripping the crop. Workers will take great care when stripping (removing tobacco from the stick) the tobacco. The tobacco is taken down from the barn. The stalks with leaves are removed from the sticks & piled under a piece of plastic to retain moisture (bulking down). Each worker pulls his assigned grade for the stalk & passes the stalk down to fellow workers. When a worker gets a full hand, the tobacco is tied into hands & placed on a strip stick. May assist in baling tobacco by placing cured tobacco onto conveyor loading system or directly into baler.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 1 month |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 60 lb |
Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer. Employer reserves the right to terminate a worker if the employer reasonably finds worker's performance to be unacceptable. Employer reserves the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but is unwilling to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium quality product, or for any other lawful reason.
The employer may discipline the worker, including brief suspension of work activities/employment for a set period determined by the supervisor or termination of employment.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Estimated hourly wage rate equivalent for this piece rate is $25/hr, based on 50 sticks per hour average. Guaranteed $15/hr. |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Cynthiana, Ky) |
| Housing | See Addendum C |
| Meals | Employer does not provide meals. Employer-provided housing includes free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities with appropriate equipment, appliances, cooking accessories, and dishwashing facilities for meal preparation. Dining, kitchen/cooking facilities and other common areas shared by all workers. For workers residing in employer-provided housing, the employer will provide access to one or more passenger vehicles to use once per week to/from closest town or city for personal errands (e.g., Workers purchase their own groceries, banking services, shopping), The passenger vehicle may be used on or off the farm by licensed and insured workers to transport themselves, and others. The employer does not control when the workers go to the grocery store during the week or designate any particular worker during the contract period, employer will provide three daily meals in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(g) In such circumstances, employer will not charge for such meals. |
| Daily transportation | Employer will provide, without charge to workers incidental, transportation between worksites, and for workers residing in employer provided housing, employer will also provide daily transportation to and from the worksite in 1 crew cab pick-up truck seating capacity 5. The vehicle(s), provided by the fixed site employer, will adequately accommodate all workers who reside in employer based housing. See Addendum C |
| Travel to the job | Employer pays/reimburses foreign workers for all visa-related costs (excluding passport fees) in the first workweek. |
| Pay deductions | Employer will make all deductions required by law (e.g., FICA, federal/state tax withholdings, court-ordered child support, etc.). Workers must pre-authorize voluntary deductions, which may include repayment of advances and/or loans, health insurance premiums, retirement plan contributions, and/or payment of cell phone, cable/satellite TV, internet or other service(s) for worker's convenience and benefit. All deductions will comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and applicable state law. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26183-073548 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Phoenix Labor Consultants LLC |
| Posted | Jul 28, 2026 |