Farmworker and Laborers, Crop
Halstad, MNSeasonal / Full-time$15.63/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Valley Tissue Culture, Inc. is hiring crop farmworkers for a seasonal work period from January 15 through November 15, 2027. The work includes producing tissue culture potato plantlets, preparing greenhouse and irrigation systems, harvesting and grading tubers, and packing and shipping seed potatoes. The position requires two months of experience and availability for the entire specified work period.
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Job Duties
Start Date: 01/15/2027
End Date: 11/15/2027
Work hours: 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday, 8 hours/day, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Must Apply By: 06/17/2027
Job Duties:
Duties may include: Tissue culture potato plantlets. Prep tissue culture media and disposable containers. Prep greenhouse for planting plantlets and microtubers. Lay drip irrigation tubes and plumb feeder tubes into watering system. Pull leaf samples for testing. Harvest, grade, size tubers for seed storage. Replace greenhouse soil. Grade, ship, pack seed potatoes. Clean & disinfect all work areas & other related Farmworker and Laborers, Crop activities as per SOC/OES 45-2092 (onetonline.org).
Possible weekend/holiday work. Daily start and stop times may vary depending on crop production and harvest needs. Evening and/or night hours may be required.
Minimum Education Required
None. No High School Diploma or GED required.
Minimum Experience Required
Must be 18 years of age.
Worker has 3 days from date of hire to show proof of legal authorization to work in the United States. Drug/alcohol/tobacco free work zone.
Must have 2 months experience.
Static strength; exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, unload, carry objects up to 40lbs; may climb, walk, stand, reach, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, wash, clean: equip, grounds, area.
Repetitive movements are required.
All applicants must be able, willing and qualified to perform work described and must be available for the entire period specified and work throughout all areas of intended employment.
Variable weather conditions may apply.
Job will require exposure to extreme temperatures.
Employees are expected to keep employer-provided vehicles clean and free of trash.
Each worker will be evaluated 1 month post hire.
Shift
First (Day)
Number of Openings
11
Public Transportation Accessible
No
Veterans Encouraged to Apply
Yes
Physical Required
No
Drug Test Required
No
Compensation
$15.63 / Hourly
Additional Compensation
The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate.
Bonus potential based on work performance at the sole discretion of the employer.
As required for all workers in Minnesota, hours worked in excess of 48 hours in a work week will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the regular rate of pay.
Postal Code
56548
Job Type
Full Time
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
H-2A#27-031
Job Benefits
EMPLOYER ASSURANCES: Work guaranteed for 3/4 of contract period, starting with date of arrival at work site. Employer provides free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $16.78 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer.
Effective Jan 1, 2024, per MN State Statute, an employee will earn one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, up to at least 48 hours of accrued Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) per year, provided the employee works a minimum of 80 hours in a calendar year.
Application Instructions
Send resume listing experience to:
MN DEED/FLC
Attn: H-2A#27-031
180 E. 5th St., Suite 1200, St. Paul, MN 55101
FAX: 651-297-7722
EMAIL: [email protected]
CALL: Mary Garcia 651-259-7513
Must have proof of legal authority to work in U.S.
How this job compares
Set against the 529 open Farmworker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.63/hr
- Minnesota median$16/hr21 hourly ranges
- US median$15/hr128 hourly ranges
This rate, $15.63/hr, is close to the Minnesota median midpoint ($16/hr) — in the middle half of Farmworker hourly ranges in Minnesota.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Farmworker jobs in Minnesota and 529 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience; Farmworker postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years at the median (145 postings).
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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