How do they match: Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • Garden Center Manager
  • Aquaculture Cooperative Marketing Director
  • Farmers Market Manager
  • Hatchery Supervisor

  • 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.

  • Supervise the construction of farm or ranch structures, such as buildings, fences, drainage systems, wells, or roads.
  • Analyze market conditions to determine acreage allocations.
  • Conduct or supervise stock examinations to identify diseases or parasites.
  • Coordinate clerical, record-keeping, inventory, requisitioning, and marketing activities.
  • Determine types or quantities of crops, plants, or livestock to be grown and raised, based on budgets, federal incentives, market conditions, executive directives, projected sales volumes, or soil conditions.
  • Evaluate marketing or sales alternatives for products.
  • Hire, supervise, and train support workers.

  • Supervise employees.
  • Develop marketing plans or strategies.
  • Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities.