General Farm Worker
Alleman Cattle Company
📍 Rayne, LA · Acadia Parish
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26291-307450
- 📞 Phone: +1 (337) 278-2586
- ✉️ Email: allemancattle@cox.net
Employer instructions
Contact employer at 337-278-2586 Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Referrals from the state workforce agencies or individual applicants who arrive at the place of employment commonly referred to as walk ins or gate hires, and from other sources will be accepted until 50% of the contract period has elapsed from the application start date. Applicants make call employer during normal business hours at 337-278-2586 an ask to speak with Bryan Alleman. It will be the responsibility of the referring SWA office to thoroughly familiarize and inform job seekers of the job specifications, and terms and conditions of this clearance order before a referral is made. Only workers meeting all qualifications on the job order should be referred. Interview may be performed, either in person or by telephone. If several applicants are to be referred at one time, it is suggested to contact the employer in advance to schedule a time and date. It is requested that SWA give each referral a copy of the clearance order ETA 790 along with all attachments or at a minimum, a summary of wages, working conditions and other specifications. Workers must meet all of the following criteria: a. Available and ready to work for the entire season. b. Fully appraised and aware of the terms and conditions of employment. c. Legally entitled to work in the US, worker must be able to provide documentation required to enable employer to comply with the US employment verification requirements. Employers must receive the accurate and complete I-9 within three (3) days of employment according to US law. d. Able, willing and qualified to perform, offered, at the wage offered.
Workers hired pursuant to the job offer from within normal commuting distance will not be provided housing, subsistence or transportation. The actual employment offer is at the sole discretion of the employer. Order holding office: Louisiana Department of Labor, Foreign Labor Certification Unit, P.O. Box 94094, (1001 N. 23rd Street, 3rd Floor Annex) Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (225) 342-7632 Phone or (225) 342-3367 Fax
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for General Farm Worker (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26291-307450
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
General workers will perform duties that involve tending to livestock, cleaning pens, treating sick animals, sorting cattle and operating equipment for the needs of the operation. Additional equipment operated will be for transporting feed and /or cattle. Various equipment will include but is not limited to skid loaders, backhoes, forklifts, and heavy-duty trucks. Workers will be expected to perform repairs and maintenance of sheds, fences, gates, barns, and equipment used in day to day operations. Workers will be required to use hand tools to repair, clean, and maintain vehicles and agricultural equipment necessary to livestock duties. Duties will include building and maintaining fences, gates, barns, and shop buildings; use of shovel/scoops, wheelbarrows; cleaning stalls; climbing ladders, if necessary.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 2 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 60 lb |
General workers are needed for tending to livestock, cleaning pens, treating sick animals, sorting cattle and operating equipment for the needs of the operation. Additional equipment operated will be for transporting feed and /or cattle. Various equipment will include but is not limited to skid loaders, backhoes, forklifts, and heavy-duty trucks. Workers will be expected to perform repairs and maintenance of sheds, fences, gates, barns, and equipment used in day to day operations. Workers will be required to use hand tools to repair, clean, and maintain vehicles and agricultural equipment necessary to livestock duties. Duties will include building and maintaining fences, gates, barns, and shop buildings; use of shovel/scoops, wheelbarrows; cleaning stalls; climbing ladders, if necessary. Employees must have or be able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire; have 2 months experience; and basic English literacy, reading and math skills.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | Wage offer for H-2A workers only is $14.53 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Rayne, La) |
| Housing | Housing is single wide mobile trailer with 3 bedrooms/2 bathrooms. The unit has electric heat. Housing will be clean and in compliance with ETA 20 CFR 654 Housing Standards. Has complete furnishings with appliances. Worker will be responsible for maintaining housing in a neat and clean manner. Reasonable repair cost of damage, other than that caused by normal wear and tear, will be charged to the worker who is responsible for damage to housing and/or furnishings. |
| Meals | Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that entitled workers may prepare their own meals. In addition, employer will provide entitled worker with transportation to town so that the worker may purchase supplies and/or for banking purposes. The use of this employer provided weekly transportation is voluntary and no worker is required to utilize the services offered by employer. The kitchen facilities may be shared. Employer will also provide cooking, food preparation and serving utensils along with housing and utilities to workers who are unable to return to their place of residents the same day, at no cost to worker. Should employer utilize rental and/or public accommodations employer attest that such housing will be in compliance with all local, state or federal housing safety standards. All rental housing charges will be paid for by employer directly to owner/operator of accommodations. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will provide worker transportation from the living quarters to the work site and back each day at no cost to the worker. Housing & utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to their place of residence the same day. Housing and utilities are provided at no cost to both H2A worker and workers in corresponding employment who are not reasonably able to return to their residence in the same day. |
| Travel to the job | Transportation and daily travel subsistence provided according to regulations. The employer will reimburse the worker for the costs incurred by the worker for visa MRV applications fees, (if not previously paid by employer) border crossing fees, transportation costs and reasonable subsistence from the place from which the worker came to work for the employer to the place of employment to the extent that such worker-borne expenditures reduce the workers FLSA earnings at the first pay period, |
| Pay deductions | These deductions include Social Security, Federal Tax, State Tax, and willful destruction of property. The current Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) of $15.81 per hour or the AEWR in effect at the time work is performed, the prevailing hourly rate, the agreed upon collective bargaining wage, or the legal Federal of State Minimum Wage Rate, whichever is highest, is guaranteed to all workers. The employer agrees to guarantee all workers employed in the 2027 season a minimum of $15.81, which is the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR). Deductions for FICA, federal or state tax withholdings including court order child support, garnishments, liens or any other legally required deductions will be made according to individual circumstances, all as required by law. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26291-307450 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Broussard Visa Services, LLC |
| Posted | Oct 27, 2026 |