farm worker
Crops need them
A farm worker is someone employed to do agricultural labor—planting, harvesting, tending livestock, operating machinery.
The term often implies seasonal or manual work rather than farm ownership or management: Farm workers harvested the lettuce crop.
Also spelled as one word: farmworker.
Grasping body part
- hired handPaid manual worker
- field handAgricultural labor worker
- pickerOne who gathers
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
crew · workforce · day laborer · sharecropper · ranch hand · fruit picker · blue-collar · manual laborer
Recurring at fixed intervals
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- itinerantMoving for work
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
visa · work permit · remittance · labor camp · housing · cross-border · undocumented · temporary
Agricultural pulling vehicle
- plowTool for turning soil
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- harvesterCrop-collecting machine
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
scythe · hoe · rake · baler · irrigator · sprayer · wheelbarrow · pitchfork
Placing seeds in earth
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- pickingAct of selecting
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- weedingExtracting undesired vegetation
thinning · irrigating · fertilizing · tilling · sowing · reaping · threshing · bundling
Fruit tree plantation
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- fieldArea of specialty
- groveSmall stand of trees
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
vegetable patch · greenhouse · grain · fruit · vegetables · tobacco · cotton · sugarcane
hand
Grasping body part
- hired handPaid manual worker
- field handAgricultural labor worker
- pickerOne who gathers
harvester · crew · workforce · day laborer · sharecropper · ranch hand · fruit picker · blue-collar · manual laborer · helper
seasonal
Recurring at fixed intervals
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- itinerantMoving for work
- guestworkerForeign temporary hire
bracero · visa · work permit · remittance · labor camp · housing · cross-border · undocumented · temporary · recruitment
tractor
Agricultural pulling vehicle
sickle · scythe · hoe · rake · baler · irrigator · sprayer · wheelbarrow · pitchfork · shovel
planting
Placing seeds in earth
- harvestingGathering mature crops
- pickingAct of selecting
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
weeding · thinning · irrigating · fertilizing · tilling · sowing · reaping · threshing · bundling · baling
orchard
Fruit tree plantation
plantation · vegetable patch · greenhouse · grain · fruit · vegetables · tobacco · cotton · sugarcane · rice paddy
rural
Of the countryside
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- barnyardFarm's animal enclosure
pasture · dairy · ranch · acreage · cropland · agricultural · pastoral · livestock · poultry · grazing land
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- essential workersdoctor, nurse, paramedic, EMT, firefighter
- hourly jobsday laborer, factory hand, laborer, part-timer, temp
- laborerslaborers, day laborer, day labourer, day laborers, hired hands
- labor migrationmigrant workers, labor migration, guest workers, foreign workers, work permit
farm workerlandowner
One possessing real estate
plantation owner · landlord · estate owner · farmer · rancher
farm workeroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
factory worker · industrial worker · white-collar worker · service worker
farm workerexecutive
Senior organizational leader
white-collar worker · professional · manager · knowledge worker · CEO