Farm Worker

The USDA definition is:  A “farm worker / agricultural worker” means an individual who derives, or prior to retirement or disability, derived a substantial portion of his/her income from agricultural employment in any of its branches.  “Agricultural employment” means employed in the cultivation and tillage of the soil; the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities; the raising of livestock, bees, furbearing animals, or poultry; dairying, forestry and lumber operations; any work on a farm as incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, including the delivery and preparation of commodities for market storage.

USDA Requirements for Farm Worker Households are:  The household must work in agriculture and earn a minimum of $5,753.00 per year from agriculture or farm employment.  Verification of legal status is required:  birth certificate or Immigration card.  Income verification is required:  W-2 form from previous year, award letters for unemployment, TANF etc.