ag equipment operator

We are a custom harvest silage crew who travel from Garden City, Kansas, to the Mexico border, working with various farmers, dairies, and feedlots. With a fleet of seven John Deere Forage Harvesters, seven John Deere Packing Tractors, and two Ag-Bag Baggers, we are typically on the road from March to November. In addition to our harvesting services, we farm approximately 800 acres of land in and around Erath County and run a small beef cattle operation at our farm just outside Lingleville, Texas. We need

equipment operators to both chop and pack silage throughout the year. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: attach/detach implements; be able to handle working in high humidity; clean work areas; direct and monitor work during planting and harvesting; feel plants/crops leaves and note coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease; inform farm managers of plants or crops progress; operate self propelled machinery; record information about crops; repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; set up repair, maintain, and operate specialized equipment; tend to livestock by feeding, medicating, general care, grading, sorting, working, placing identification on, or relocating; use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools; work in extreme temperatures. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: combines or other harvesting equipment, GPS guidance systems, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc, self-propelled machinery, silage choppers, skid steers, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: corn, grain sorghum, silage, wheat. Must speak and understand English.