Must be willing to perform short-term work until cotton harvest is complete in area of need served by Harris Gin Corporation in Yazoo County, Mississippi. Following supervisors’ directions, workers will work in connection with cotton from fields of farmers who have their cotton ginned at the gin. Using lifting and moving loader equipment, workers will move cotton modules within individual fields to higher, drier ground as needed, repair tears in module plastic to prevent loss of cotton while it is being taken to the gin and will use “grabbing chains” from trailer bed to skim off and separate moldy damaged cotton and retrieve only the “good” cotton,”, leaving cotton not suitable for ginning in the field while communicating with supervisor for directions. Workers will handle the cotton through the pickup, loading, and delivery of cotton modules to the gin with loading equipment, trucks, tractors, and trailers, organizing the respective farmers’ modules on the gin premises. Making, maintaining and providing records and information to gin to identify the producer and related information concerning each farmer’s cotton modules. From the “gin tag” on each cotton module worker must be able to record the date the module was made, to confirm the producer and track when the module goes to and arrives at the gin. Assist in minor maintenance of equipment (including checking oil, brakes, etc.), conduct all safety checks on trucks and equipment. Equipment will be used to spear, move and hoist large, compressed modules of cotton onto a truck or trailer that has been braced to hold rectangular modules or cylindrical modules. It is critical to have each cotton module delivered to the gin as soon as possible, consistent with safe operation of all equipment. Workers may drive workers between housing and grocery store.
Employment period: Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026
