Details Report for:
11-9013.00 - Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
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.
The occupation code you requested, 11-9013.03 (Aquacultural Managers), is no longer in use. In the future, please use 11-9013.00 (Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers) instead.
Sample of 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
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
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Technology Skills Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Accounting software — AgData Blue Skies Accounting; Datatech The Farmer's Office; Specialized Data Systems Ultra Farm; Vertical Solutions Easy-Farm Accounting (see all 6 examples)
- Analytical or scientific software — MapShots EASi Suite; SST Development Group SSToolbox; Statistical analysis software; Sunrise Software CropSave
- Calendar and scheduling software — Staff scheduling software
- Data base user interface and query software — Ag Leader Technology SMS Advanced; Data entry software
; Microsoft Access
; Trimble Farm Works (see all 22 examples)
- Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Midwest MicroSystems Cow Sense; Oracle NetSuite; Resource planning software; SAP
(see all 16 examples)
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
; Microsoft Visio
- Industrial control software — AGCO Advanced Technology Solutions Fieldstar; ZedX AgFleet
- Internet browser software — Web browser software
- Map creation software — DIVA-GIS; ESRI ArcPad; Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS; TatukGIS Editor (see all 9 examples)
- Mobile location based services software — Global positioning system GPS software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — AquaSoft Farm Manager; Atlassian Confluence
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Time accounting software — Countryside Data Ag Payroll; Payroll software; Time reporting software
- Web page creation and editing software — Facebook
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Adjustable widemouth pliers — Multipurpose pliers
- Adjustable wrenches — Adjustable hand wrenches
- Agricultural tractors — Farm tractors; Multipurpose tractors
- Air compressors — Air compression equipment; Portable air compressors
- Air dryers — Grain dryers
- Air pumps — Aeration pumps
- Air velocity and temperature monitors — Temperature monitors
- Alarm systems — Security alarm systems
- Animal husbandry equipment — Animal feeders; Artificial insemination kits
- Backhoe boom or boom sections — Backhoe attachments
- Backhoes
- Bar code reader equipment — Bar code readers
- Belt conveyors — Belt conveyor systems; Materials conveyors
- Bench scales
- Biological filter media — Biological filters
- Blow torch — Propane torches
- Broadcast spreaders — Mulch spreaders
- Cages or its accessories — Fish holding pens
- Cargo trucks — Hay trucks
- Centrifugal pumps — Centrifugal water pumps
- Claw hammer — Claw hammers
- Clock timers — Electric timing devices
- Combine harvesters — Grain combines
- Commercial fishing nets — Dip nets; Fry nets
- Commercial fishing reels — Seine reels
- Composter — Composting equipment
- Conductivity meters — Soil electrical conductivity measurement devices
- Container trailers — Powered trailers
- Cultivators — Field cultivators; Mechanized tilling equipment
- Desktop computers
- Dewatering pumps — Drainage pumps
- Dissolved oxygen meters — Handheld dissolved oxygen meters
- Dump trucks
- Egg inspection or collecting equipment — Egg gathering equipment
- Electronic counters — Fish counters
- Fertilizer spreaders or distributors — Fertilizer injectors; Manure spreaders
- Floor or platform scales — Grain scales
- Flowmeters — Digital flowmeters
- Fog or mist generators — Aerosol foggers
- Forklifts — Utility forklifts
- Gas generators — Gas-powered generators
- Global positioning system GPS receiver — Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Grease guns
- Greenhouse irrigation equipment — Fertigation equipment; Mist control systems
- Greenhouse pots — Hydroponic equipment; Soil pasteurizers
- Greenhouse ventilation equipment — Carbon dioxide systems; Humidifiers
- Hacksaw — Hacksaws
- Handheld thermometer — Soil thermometers
- Harvesters — Corn pickers
- Haymaking machinery — Hay balers; Hay mowing machines
- Hoes — Garden hoes
- Hygrometers — Humidity meters
- Incubators or brooders for poultry — Poultry incubators
- Irrigation overheads — Field watering systems
- Irrigation trickles — Drip emitters; Trickle irrigators
- Laboratory heaters — Radiant heaters
- Laboratory mixers — Soil mixers
- Ladders — Extension ladders
- Lawn scarifiers — Lawn edgers; Line cutters
- Lawnmowers — Lawn mowers; Power mowers
- Light trucks or sport utility vehicles — Farm trucks; Four wheel drive 4WD trucks; Sport utility vehicles SUVs
- Lightmeters — Light evaluation meters
- Livestock identification equipment — Branding equipment
- Livestock trailers — Animal transportation trailers
- Marine hatchery equipment — Aquaculture tanks; Cage nets; Fish transfer pumps; Fish traps (see all 12 examples)
- Milking machines — Milking equipment
- Mowers — Brush mowers; Mowing equipment
- Notebook computers — Laptop computers
- Oil can — Oil dispensing cans
- Ozone water treatment equipment — Ozone generators
- Personal computers
- pH meters — pH indicators; pH probes
- Pipe or tube cutter — Tubing cutters
- Pipe wrench or stillson wrench — Pipe wrenches
- Pneumatic nail puller — Power nail pullers
- Portable data input terminals — Handheld computers; Portable dataloggers
- Power chippers — Chipping equipment
- Power drills — Cordless power drills
- Power meters — Power monitors
- Power nail guns
- Power saws — Chain saws; Circular saws; Portable power saws
- Protective gloves — Safety gloves
- Psychrometers — Dew point meters
- Round file — Round metal files
- Saws — Handsaws
- Screwdrivers — Phillips screwdrivers; Straight screwdrivers
- Secateurs or pruning shears — Extended pole pruners; Pneumatic cutters; Pneumatic pruners; Pruning tools
- Seed drills — Grain drills
- Shovels — Gardening shovels
- Skid steer loaders — Skid steer machines
- Snow blowers
- Snowplow attachments
- Soil core sampling apparatus — Power augers
- Spot welding machine — Portable welding equipment
- Sprayers — Chemical sprayers; Fumigation equipment; Spray attachments
- Squares — Layout squares
- Steam autoclaves or sterilizers — Steam sterilizers
- Stereo or dissecting light microscopes — Stereo light microscopes
- Tablet computers
- Tongue and groove pliers
- Transplanters — Transplanting equipment
- Trenching machines — Trenchers
- Turbine pumps — Turbine water pumps
- Ultraviolet disinfection equipment — Ultraviolet light UV water disinfection systems
- Utility knives
- Veterinary castration instruments — Livestock castration equipment
- Veterinary injection or suction units or accessories — Animal blood collection syringes; Animal vaccination syringes
- Water analyzers — Water test kits
- Water filters — Screen filters
- Water meters — Water level monitors
- Water sprinklers — Impact sprinklers; Microsprinklers; Overhead sprinklers; Pop-up sprinklers
- Water trucks — Tanker trucks
- Weeders — Weedeaters
- Wood chisels — Woodworking chisels
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Detailed Work Activities Save Table (XLS/CSV)
- Maintain operational records.
- Compile operational data.
- Manage agricultural or forestry operations.
- Analyze financial records to improve budgeting or planning.
- Determine resource needs.
- Develop emergency response plans or procedures.
- Develop agricultural methods.
- Perform manual agricultural, aquacultural, or horticultural tasks.
- Maintain regulatory or compliance documentation.
- Prepare reports related to compliance matters.
- Inspect condition or functioning of facilities or equipment.
- Maintain personnel records.
- Perform manual service or maintenance tasks.
- Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
- Direct administrative or support services.
- Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities.
- Negotiate contracts for transportation, distribution, or logistics services.
- Negotiate sales or lease agreements for products or services.
- Test materials, solutions, or samples.
- Advise customers on technical or procedural issues.
- Analyze data to inform operational decisions or activities.
- Manage construction activities.
- Conduct employee training programs.
- Develop marketing plans or strategies.
- Develop organizational policies or programs.
- Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.
- Estimate labor or resource requirements for forestry, fishing, or agricultural operations.
- Evaluate quality of plants or crops.
- Examine animals to detect illness, injury or other problems.
- Hire personnel.
- Monitor operational quality or safety.
- Monitor organizational compliance with regulations.
- Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.
- Submit financial applications.
- Supervise employees.
Find occupations related to multiple detailed work activities
Work Context Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Job Zone Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Title | Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed |
Education | Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. |
Related Experience | A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified. |
Job Training | Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training. |
Job Zone Examples | Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators. |
SVP Range | (7.0 to < 8.0) |
Interests Save Table (XLS/CSV)
Work Styles Save Table (XLS/CSV)
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Related Occupations Save Table (XLS/CSV)
11-3051.00 | Industrial Production Managers |
19-1012.00 | Food Scientists and Technologists |
19-1031.00 | Conservation Scientists ![]() |
19-2043.00 | Hydrologists ![]() |
19-4071.00 | Forest and Conservation Technicians |
19-5011.00 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
33-1021.00 | First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers ![]() |
45-1011.00 | First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers |
45-4011.00 | Forest and Conservation Workers |
53-1043.00 | First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators ![]() |
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wages (2019) | $34.21 hourly, $71,160 annual |
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Employment (2019) | 952,300 employees |
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Projected job openings (2019-2029) | 80,900 |
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Top industries (2019) | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting (33% employed in this sector)
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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data
and 2019-2029 employment projections
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"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2019-2029). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- American Fisheries Society
- American Horticultural Society
- American Mushroom Institute
- American Society for Horticultural Science
- AmericanHort
- Americas Tilapia Alliance
- Aquacultural Engineering Society
- East Coast Shellfish Growers Association
- International Plant Propagators' Society
- National Aquaculture Association
- National Association of State Aquaculture Coordinators
- National Gardening Association
- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers
- OFA - The Association of Horticulture Professionals
- Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
- Striped Bass Growers Association
- The Conservation Fund
- U.S. Apple Association
- Western Regional Aquaculture Center
- World Aquaculture Society