farm manager

Runs the operation

A farm manager oversees the daily operations of a farm, handling decisions about planting, harvesting, livestock, equipment, and labor.

The role combines agricultural knowledge with business management—budgeting, hiring workers, and coordinating with suppliers and buyers.

A farm manager may own the land or be employed by landowners or agricultural corporations: The farm manager decided to rotate crops this season.

Related

harvest · livestock · barn · tractor · crops · cash crop · crop rotation · fields · field work · supervisor · tenant · estate · irrigation · planting · growing season · hired hands · almanac · silos

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occupational hierarchy

farm managerfarmhand

Agricultural employee

farm worker · field hand · farm laborer · migrant worker · hired hand

economic setting

farm managerplant manager

Head of manufacturing facility

office manager · retail manager · warehouse manager · city administrator

role function

farm managermanual laborer

Worker using physical effort

farmworker · day laborer · ranch hand · livestock handler

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G