Farm Workers And Laborers, Crop
Gifford Farms LLC
📍 Maysville, KY · Mason County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26188-084202
- 📞 Phone: +1 (606) 759-5668
- ✉️ Email: chiefgifford@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Referrals of individuals will be made through "job holding office" in order to ascertain employment information. Employer will accept referrals who may apply direct or referred from any other source. The job seeker will be informed of the terms and conditions of the job by the information contained in the job order. These job orders are entered by geographical/administrative areas within the state. This is done to ensure that local job seekers have equal access to these job opportunities. These offices are referred to as the job holding office. The job holding office will refer all interested applications to the employer with a copy of the job order(s), which contains all pertinent information concerning the job. The employer agrees to interview all US workers referred by DES for;
1. Availability and commitment to work the entire length of the contract
2. Have transportation to the job site
3. Have been fully apprised of the job information, terms and conditions of the job and the nature of the employment
4. Workers state he/she can physically perform the job requirements
5. Ability to provide documentation to complete the INS Form I-9
Job seeker with copy of job order is to contact the employer: Jason Gifford, 6266 US 68, Maysville, KY 41056; 606-759-5668 - Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Answering machine / voice mail if unable to answer phone: ability to return call within two (2) working days.
The employer will offer the US worker, referred through the Agricultural Recruitment System and any direct referrals, $557.60 (40 hours x $13.94 = $557.60) for the first week beginning on the date of need stated in Item 9, unless the employer notifies the order holding office of a change in the anticipated date of need at least ten (10) working days prior to the date of need. A worker who fails to notify the nearest Job Service office no sooner than nine (9) working days and no later than five (5) working days prior to the anticipated date of need of his intentions to fill the job for which he is recruited, will be disqualified from the first weeks wage guarantee stated above.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Farm Workers And Laborers, Crop (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26188-084202
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Burley Tobacco: Duties including, but not limited to: greenhouse care, placement, mulching, greasing, cutting, housing, and stripping. Workers will receive training over a period of two days (14 hours), after which they will be expected to cut 100 sticks per hour (does not include dropping sticks in the field. Dark Cooking Tobacco: Duties including, but not limited to: greenhouse care, placement, mulching, greasing, cutting, housing, and stripping. Workers will be required to cut firewood and carry it to the barn to burn the tobacco. Wooden slabs covered with sawdust are placed under the hanging tobacco. in barn. Plates are baked to smoke the tobacco and it is repeated until the tobacco acquires the appropriate color. The worker will remove the remaining ashes after burning the tobacco. The worker is required to cut/puncture 50 to 60 sticks per hour. Air Cured Tobacco: Duties including but not limited to: greenhouse care, setting, mulching, greasing, cutting, housing and stripping. Other Related Duties for all types of tobacco: Workers may cut weeds between plants with a hoe; remove tips and shoots from plants, apply side dressing. The employer will train new workers in tobacco planting, cutting, lodging and destemming for a period of two days (14 business days). hours). A trained worker is expected to cut 100 bars per hour of burley tobacco and 50 to 60 bars per hour of dark tobacco.
Forage: Duties including, but not limited to: Soil preparation, operation of tillage equipment, cutting equipment, baling and bale loading. Transporting bales to storage barns/farms that purchase hay.
Planting, Cultivating, & Harvesting Row Crop: Duties to include, but not limited to: Workers may drive and operate farm machinery to plant, cultivate, harvest and store grain crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, grain bin cleaning, and irrigation equipment. Attach farm implements such as plow, disc, and drill to tractor and drive tractor in field to till soil and plant / cultivate crop. Workers may also cultivate & harvest by hand. Perform variety of other duties such as husking and shelling corn, lubricating, and repairing farm machinery. Loading/unloading grain trucks, transfers gain through elevator grain system, clean out grain bins, elevator repair, unloads grain onto conveyors for storage in bins, operate machinery for cleaning of grain, cleaning grain bins, transferring grain from one bin to another clean bin, and maintenance on grain bins. Workers must be able to climb heights. Load agricultural products into trucks, and drive trucks to market or storage facilities. Assist in set-up of product for sale of crop.
General Farm Duties: General farm maintenance and other tasks required in maintaining the agricultural operation. Includes, but is not limited to, preparing barns, draining fields, preparing land for planting, repairing and maintaining agricultural vehicles, implements, tools and equipment, and other work directly related to the agricultural activities for which the worker is hired. Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping. Drive trucks to transport crops, supplies, tools or farm workers. Also includes repair of farm buildings, fences and other structures/barns. Such work will be offered when the weather or crop conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed above and only after the first week guarantee is met conditions preclude working in the primary activities listed above and only after the first week guarantee is met
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | Not required |
| Other requirements | Drug test Background check |
Physically able to bend, stoop, and able to stand on feet for long periods of time. Physically able to meet and perform all job specifications. May be required to take random drug and / or alcohol tests, at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. All testing and background check will occur after employment has started and is not a part of the interview process. May be required to submit a criminal background check, at no cost to the worker. Felony convictions that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers or other individuals on the farm will result in immediate termination. Failure to comply with request for criminal background check may result in immediate termination of employment.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Maysville, Ky) |
| Housing | Employer assures availability at no cost or public housing which meets full set of applicable standards. Housing will be clean & in compliance with OSHA housing standards. Workers will be responsible for maintaining housing in clean manner. Workers will be charged for destruction of property. Furnished at no cost to workers who are unable to return to their place of residence the same day. In the event that a female worker is hired, the employer will provide separate toilet and shower facilities |
| Meals | The employer shall provide free and convenient access to cooking facilities or a kitchen so that workers can prepare their own meals. The employer will also provide transportation, at least once each week to assure that workers have access to stores |
| Daily transportation | The employer will offer transportation, at no cost to workers, from employer provided housing at the beginning of each work day according to stated time in 790A (the time could vary due to crop, weather conditions, or any unexpected circumstances) and back at the end of the work day according to stated time in 790A (time could vary due to crop, weather conditions, or any unexpected circumstances) to daily work site. |
| Travel to the job | The employer will permit workers eligible for travel reimbursement to select any means of transportation they choose and employer will reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. |
| Pay deductions | FICA, state, and federal taxes and/or local tax withholding will not be deducted from those worker's wages that are working under a temporary, unless in accordance with federal, state, local laws or requested by the worker. Deductions from wages which are expressly authorized in writing by the worker may also be made if voluntarily elected by the worker & permitted under applicable state or federal law. Deductions will be made for willful destruction of property, medical costs not related to workers compensation, monthly deduction for cable/satellite, and internet that is requested by the workers at the employer provided housing; but no deduction will be made which would bring the employee’s hourly wage below the Federal Minimum Wage. |
| Case number | JO-A-300-26188-084202 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Bluegrass Ag Workers Services LLC |
| Posted | Jul 10, 2026 |