Will AI take my job

All jobs

Will AI replace Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

8/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 16% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
16% of the work

What the job involves

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Within reach(3)

  • Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
  • Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
  • Maintain growth, feeding, production, and cost records.

Out of reach(16)

  • Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
  • Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
  • Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
  • Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
  • Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.

and 11 more

Also called

Herdsman · Wrangler · Cowboy · Farm Hand · Livestock Handler · Ranch Hand · Barn Worker · Caponizer

Related jobs

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

Get the check for your own work

A job title only gets you the typical case. The full check scores what you actually do, task by task.

One email when the free check opens. Nothing else.

How we handle it: privacy notice.

The free check opens soon.