Farmer, Field Crop
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Plants, cultivates, and harvests specialty crops, such as
alfalfa, cotton, hops, peanuts, mint, sugarcane, and tobacco,
applying knowledge of growth characteristics of individual crop,
and soil, climate, and market conditions: Determines number and
kind of employees to be hired, acreage to be tilled, and
varieties and quantities of plants to be grown.
Selects and
purchases palnt stock and farm machinery, implements, and
supplies. Decides when and how to plant, cultivate, and irrigate
plants and harvest crops, applying knowledge of plant culture.
Attaches farm implements, such as plow, disc, and seed drill to
tractor and drives tractor in fileds to till soil and plant and
cultivate crops. Dirves and operates farm machinery to spray
fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul harvested
crops.
Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of farm
wrokers. Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and
safety regulations to new workers.
Maintains employee and
financail records. Arranges with buyers for sale and shipment of
crop. May install irriagtion system(s) and irrigate fields. May
set poles and string wires and twine on poles to form trellises.
May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery,
implements, and equipment, using mechanic's hantdools and work
aids. May plant seeds in cold-frame bed and cover bed with colth
or glass to protect seedlings from weather.
May transplant
seedlings in rows, by hand or uisng transplanter machine.
May
garde and package crop for marketing. May be designated
according to crop grown as Cotton Grower (agriculture); Ginseng
Farmer (agriculture); Hay Farmer (agriculture); Hop Gorwer
(agriculture); Peanut Farmer (agriculture); Sugarcane Planter
(agriculture); Tobacco Grower (agriculture).
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Farmer, Field Crop
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