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On a paid basis, manage farms, ranches, aquacultural operations, greenhouses, nurseries, timber tracts, cotton gins, packing houses, or other agricultural establishments for employers. Carry out production, financial, and marketing decisions relating to the managed operations following guidelines from the owner. May contract tenant farmers or producers to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and marketing activities. May prepare cos
t, production, and other records. May perform physical work and operate machinery. |
Agricultural managers manage the day-to-day activities of one or more farms, ranches, nurseries, timber tracts, greenhouses, and other agricultural establishments for farmers, absentee landowners, or corporations. Duties and responsibilities vary widely, but are concentrated on the business aspects of running a farm. On small farms, they may oversee the entire operation, while on large farms they may oversee a single activity, such as marketing. Agricultural managers usually do not perform production acti
vities, instead hire and supervise farm and livestock workers, who perform most of the daily production tasks. In these cases, managers may establish output goals, determine financial constraints, monitor production and marketing, hire, assign, and supervise workers, determine crop transportation and storage requirements, and oversee maintenance of the property and equipment. |