Will AI replace Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
25/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 42% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 39% of the work
What the job involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(11)
- Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
- Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.
- Prepare reports required by state and federal laws.
- Coordinate clerical, record-keeping, inventory, requisitioning, and marketing activities.
- Maintain financial, operational, production, or employment records for farms or ranches.
and 6 more
Out of reach(19)
- Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
- Determine plant growing conditions, such as greenhouses, hydroponics, or natural settings, and set planting and care schedules.
- Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks.
- Inspect facilities and equipment for signs of disrepair, and perform necessary maintenance work.
- Conduct inspections to determine crop maturity or condition or to detect disease or insect infestation.
and 14 more
Also called
Farm Manager · Fish Hatchery Manager · Greenhouse Manager · Hatchery Manager · Agricultural Crop Farm Manager · Animal Husbandry Manager · Aquaculture Farm Manager · Christmas Tree Farm Manager
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics