Careers > Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
$75.76K Median Salary 84.8K Job Openings (Annual Projection) -0.6% Job Growth
About This Career
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
Reported Job Titles
Aquaculture Director, Farm Manager, Farm Operations Technical Director, Fish Hatchery Manager, Greenhouse Manager, Harvesting Manager, Hatchery Manager, Hatchery Supervisor, Nursery Manager, Ranch Manager
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Written Expression
Written Comprehension
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Fluency of Ideas
Flexibility of Closure
Originality
Control Precision
Selective Attention
Knowledge
Administration and Management
Production and Processing
Biology
Mathematics
English Language
Personnel and Human Resources
Food Production
Economics and Accounting
Sales and Marketing
Customer and Personal Service
Education and Training
Mechanical
Chemistry
Skills
Critical Thinking
Speaking
Monitoring
Judgment and Decision Making
Time Management
Active Listening
Coordination
Management of Personnel Resources
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Social Perceptiveness
Active Learning
Negotiation
Persuasion
Instructing
Systems Evaluation
Writing
Operations Monitoring
Systems Analysis
Learning Strategies
Technology Skills
Data base user interface and query software
Presentation software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Accounting software
Geographic information system
Map creation software
Analytical or scientific software
Time accounting software
Electronic mail software
Industrial control software
Spreadsheet software
Mobile location based services software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Office suite software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Word processing software
Internet browser software
Web page creation and editing software
Project management software
Calendar and scheduling software
Process mapping and design software
Tools
Marine hatchery equipment
Water sprinklers
Secateurs or pruning shears
Sprayers
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
Power saws
Greenhouse irrigation equipment
Irrigation trickles
Air compressors
Mowers
Screwdrivers
Agricultural tractors
Greenhouse pots
Haymaking machinery
Animal husbandry equipment
Belt conveyors
Greenhouse ventilation equipment
Cultivators
pH meters
Commercial fishing nets
Fertilizer spreaders or distributors
Lawnmowers
Lawn scarifiers
Portable data input terminals
Veterinary injection or suction unit
Water trucks
Pipe or tube cutter
Round file
Hygrometers
Air pumps
Ladders
Flowmeters
Cages or its accessories
Bar code reader equipment
Container trailers
Laboratory mixers
Milking machines
Cargo trucks
Dissolved oxygen meters
Dewatering pumps
Ozone water treatment equipment
Air dryers
Psychrometers
Commercial fishing reels
Water filters
Irrigation overheads
Transplanters
Blow torch
Electronic counters
Notebook computers
Centrifugal pumps
Forklifts
Clock timers
Harvesters
Stereo or dissecting light microscopes
Livestock trailers
Power drills
Squares
Incubators or brooders for poultry
Handheld thermometer
Veterinary castration instruments
Backhoe boom or boom sections
Shovels
Laboratory heaters
Weeders
Protective gloves
Water meters
Seed drills
Gas generators
Alarm systems
Combine harvesters
Fog or mist generators
Livestock identification equipment
Oil can
Power chippers
Spot welding machine
Composter
Egg inspection or collecting equipment
Wood chisels
Turbine pumps
Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Broadcast spreaders
Ultraviolet wastewater disinfection equipment
Hoes
Trenching machines
Saws
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Power meters
Biological filter media
Global positioning system GPS receiver
Claw hammer
Pneumatic nail puller
Lux or light meter
Floor or platform scales
Air velocity and temperature monitors
Conductivity meters
Soil core sampling apparatus
Water analyzers
Skid steer loaders
Pipe wrench or stillson wrench
Hacksaw
Snowplow attachments
Dump trucks
Grease guns
Snow blowers
Tongue and groove pliers
Utility knives
Power nail guns
Bench scales
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Backhoes
Tablet computers
