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Russo Farms, Inc. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery in Vineland, New Jersey
25 Full-Time Seasonal H-2A Jobs available 4/9/2025 - 11/20/2025.
Crops/Commodities: Farm Work: Green Onions (75%), Leafy Greens and Herbs (25%). Perform manual labor to plant, transplant, cultivate, and harvest green onions and vegetables including leafy greens and herbs. Duties may include tilling soil, weeding, thinning, counting, and checking crops. Prepare outdoor growing areas by setting up irrigation drip tape, laying, repairing, and cleaning plastic; removing debris and weeds by hand and using gardening tools; and spacing plants at designated intervals. Locate, select, prepare, tag, and load product onto wagons, racks, and trucks for shipping. Use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, shears, knives, cutters, weeders, hand leeks, thinning hooks, and weeding hooks. Workers may be given an employee number to keep up with piece rates. May repair fences and farm buildings or participate in irrigation activities. Clear and maintain irrigation ditches. Operate farm tractors and equipment. Harvest green onions by hand. Undercut green onions. Pull bunches. Gather onions into bunches of five to seven. Tie bunches together with rubber bands. Once harvested, place the bunches of green onions into various sized cartons in the field weighing up to 40 lbs. Lift plants from the seedbed and trim the roots and tops. Pack in shallow boxes for removal to the field where they will be planted. Work in groups to harvest crops with truck that is moving through the field along with workers while being careful not to damage harvested product. Stack weighed boxes onto pallets. Drive trucks or other vehicles to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers on or off the farm. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Persons seeking employment in this position must be available for the entire period requested by the employer.
Requirements:
- 3 months experience in duties listed
- Lifting requirement 40 lbs.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures
- Extensive sitting or walking
- Frequent stooping or bending over
- Repetitive movements
The full terms and conditions of the job (form ETA790a) should be reviewed and provided to qualified applicants from this website: seasonaljobs.dol.gov