Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in agricultural crop production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.

• General Manager, Farm
• Manager, Orchard
• Manager, Production, Seed Corn
• Superintendent, Production

• Analyze market conditions to determine acreage allocations.
• Analyze soil to determine types and quantities of fertilizer required for maximum production.
• Confer with buyers to arrange for the sale of crops.
• Contract with farmers or independent owners for raising of crops, or for management of crop production.
• Coordinate growing activities with activities of related departments such as engineering, equipment maintenance, and packing.
• Determine procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and shipment processes in order to provide greater efficiency and accuracy.
• Direct and coordinate worker activities such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, and grading.
• Enforce applicable safety regulations.
• Evaluate financial statements, and make budget proposals.
• Hire, discharge, transfer, and promote workers.
• Inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning.
• Inspect orchards and fields to determine maturity dates of crops, or to estimate potential crop damage from weather.
• Negotiate with bank officials to obtain credit.
• Plan and direct development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yields or with disease or insect resistance.
• Purchase machinery, equipment, and supplies such as tractors, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals.
• Record information such as production figures, farm management practices, and parent stock data, and prepare financial and operational reports.

• analyze financial data
• analyze market conditions
• analyze soil to determine type or quantity of fertilizer required
• compile data for financial reports
• confer with other departmental heads to coordinate activities
• develop budgets
• direct and coordinate activities of workers or staff
• hire, discharge, transfer, or promote workers
• identify crop characteristics
• identify fruit or vegetable or crops ready for harvest
• identify problems or improvements
• inspect crops or fields
• inspect crops to determine quality
• maintain or repair farm vehicles, machinery, or mechanical implements
• maintain records, reports, or files
• manage contracts
• negotiate business contracts
• order or purchase supplies, materials, or equipment
• oversee execution of organizational or program policies
• oversee sales programs
• perform safety inspections in agricultural, forestry, or fishing setting
• plan development or production of hybrid plant varieties
• plant, cultivate, or harvest crops, including aquaculture
• prepare financial reports
• prepare reports
• recognize plant diseases
• recommend improvements to work methods or procedures
• resolve agricultural production problems
• use knowledge of sales contracts
• use sales techniques