On an ownership or rental basis, operate farms, ranches, greenhouses, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural production establishments which produce crops, horticultural specialties, livestock, poultry, finfish, shellfish, or animal specialties. May plant, cultivate, harvest, perform post-harvest activities, and market crops and livestock; may hire, train, and supervise farm workers or supervise a farm labor contractor; may prepare cost, production, and other records. May maintain and operate machinery and perform physical work.

Other names for Farmers and Ranchers: Dwarf Tree Grower, Farm Contractor, Farm Laborer, Farm Manager, Farm Operator, Farm Rancher, Farm Tenant, Farm Wife, Farm Worker, Farmer, Farmworker, Field Crop Farmer, Field Director, Field Horticultural Specialty Grower, Fish and Game Club Manager, Fish Farmer, Fish, Frog, or Oyster Farmer, Flower Gardener, Flower Planter, Fox Raiser, Fruit Farmer, Fruit Grower, Fruit or Nut Crops Farm Manager, Fruit or Nut Farmer, Fruit Raiser, Fruit Rancher, Fur Farmer, Game Bird Farmer, Game Breeding Farm Manager, Gamekeeper, Gardener, General Farm Manager, General Farmer, Grain Farmer, Greenhouse Manager, Hatchery Manager, Herb Grower, Herdsman, Hog Raiser, Horse Rancher, Horticultural Farm Manager, Horticultural Farmer, Horticulturist, Hybrid Corn Breeder, Inside Horticultural Specialty Grower, Animal Husbandman, Apiarist, Apiculturist, Aquaculture Farm Owner, Aquaculturist, Arboriculturist, Bee Breeder, Bee Keeper, Bee Raiser, Beef Farm Operator, Beef Farmer, Beekeeper, Beet Raiser, Bird Raiser, Bonsai Culturist, Bulb Grower, Bush and Vine Fruit Crop Farmer, Canary Raiser, Cash Crop Farmer, Cash Grain Farmer, Cash Grain Grower, Cattle Farmer, Cattle Feeder, Cattle Rancher, Cattleman, Chicken Raiser, Coffee Farmer, Corn Breeder, Corn Grower, Cotton Breeder, Cotton Farmer, Cotton Grower, Crop Farm Operator, Crop or Livestock Tenant Farmer, Crop, Grain, or Livestock Farm Manager, Crop, Grain, or Livestock Farmer, Cropper, Cultivator, Dairy Farm Manager, Dairy Farm Operator, Dairy Farmer, Dairy Husbandman, Dairyman, Digger, Diversified Crops Farmer, Dog Raiser, Dryland Farmer, Landscape Farmer, Livestock and Crop Ranch Hand, Livestock Farm Manager, Livestock Farmer, Livestock Producer, Livestock Rancher, Machine Milker, Mink Rancher, Muck Farmer, Mushroom Grower, Nursery Manager, Nursery Worker, Orchardist, Orchid Grower, Organic Farmer, Parakeet Raiser, Pig Farmer, Plant Propagator, Poultry Farmer, Poultry Grower, Poultry Hatchery Manager, Poultry Husbandman, Poultry Raiser, Poultryman, Propagator, Rancher, Rat Farmer, Reptile Farmer, Rose Grower, Seed Grower, Share Worker, Sheep Herder, Shellfish Grower, Sod Farmer, Stallion Keeper, Stock Raiser, Stockman, Sugar Cane Planter, Tobacco Grower, Tree Fruit and Nut Crops Farmer, Truck Farmer, Truck Gardener, Turf Farmer, Vegetable Farmer, Vineyardist, Viticulturist, Worm Farmer, Worm Grower,

• Perform crop production duties such as planning, tilling, planting, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, and harvesting.
• Plan crop activities based on factors such as crop maturity and weather conditions.
• Monitor crops as they grow in order to ensure that they are growing properly and are free from diseases and contaminants.
• Maintain facilities such as fencing, water supplies, and outdoor housing and wind shelters.
• Determine types and quantities of crops or livestock to be raised, according to factors such as market conditions, federal program availability, and soil conditions.
• Select and purchase supplies and equipment such as seed, fertilizers, and farm machinery.
• Maintain financial, tax, production, and employee records.
• Lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs to farm equipment, using oilcans, grease guns, and hand tools.
• Set up and operate farm machinery to cultivate, harvest, and haul crops.
• Evaluate product marketing alternatives, then promote and market farm products, acting as the sales agent for livestock and crops.
• Obtain financing from lenders to purchase machinery, fertilizer, livestock, and feed.
• Assemble, position, and secure structures such as trellises, beehives, or fences, using hand tools.
• Clean and sanitize milking equipment, storage tanks, collection cups, and cows' udders, or ensure that procedures are followed to maintain sanitary conditions for handling of milk.
• Operate dairy farms that produce bulk milk.
• Milk cows, using milking machinery.
• Manage and oversee the day-to-day running of farms raising poultry or pigs for the production of meat and breeding stock.
• Breed and raise stock such as cattle, poultry, and honeybees, using recognized breeding practices to ensure continued improvement in stock.
• Assist in animal births, and care for newborn livestock.
• Control the spread of disease and parasites in herds, by using vaccination and medication, and by separating sick animals.
• Maintain pastures or grazing lands to ensure that animals have enough feed, employing pasture-conservation measures such as arranging rotational grazing.
• Buy or sell futures contracts, or price products in advance of future sales so that risk is limited and/or profit is increased.
• Select animals for market, and provide transportation of livestock to market.
• Demonstrate and explain farm work techniques and safety regulations to workers.
• Negotiate and arrange with buyers for the sale, storage, and shipment of crops.
• Clean and disinfect buildings and yards, and remove manure.
• Purchase and store livestock feed.
• Remove lower quality or older animals from herds and purchase other livestock to replace culled animals.
• Transport grain to silos for storage, and burn or bale any straw that is left behind.
• Clean, grade, and package crops for marketing.
• Hire, train, and direct workers engaged in planting, cultivating, irrigating, harvesting, and marketing crops, and in raising livestock.
• Harvest crops, and collect specialty products such as royal jelly, wax, pollen, and honey from bee colonies.
• Install and shift irrigation systems to irrigate fields evenly or according to crop need.
• Herd cattle, using horses or all-terrain vehicles.
• Destroy diseased or superfluous crops.