Seasonal Livestock Farmworker

Seasonal Livestock Farmworker at D W Benoit Farms, L.L.C. in Welsh, LA.

Temporary, seasonal workers needed for crawfish and rice farm. Crawfishing duties include crawfishing in boats, catching crawfish, performing crawfishing duties in fields, manually cutting up of fish bait, baiting/checking traps, grading, washing crawfish for shipment, making repairs to traps as needed. Working in rice fields- tractor, equipment and truck driving, field prep, water maintenance, planting/harvesting of crops, manual shovel work, hoeing weeds, spot spraying, repair and maintenance of bins, equipment and fences; maintenance of field levees, roads, shop; load and unload trucks into grain bins; level grain bins as needed; general farm labor; operating farm equipment; job Involves stooping, lifting, working outside in cold and hot weather. Base hours offered is 40 hours offered; overtime hours are usually offered during plentiful season and may Include an additional 10-40 hours of overtime work depending on the nature of the season.

Work begins December 15, 2026 and ends October 15, 2027.

Pay is $10.42 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 40 hours per week.