A professional who raises both crops and livestock. Respnsibilities include:

• Determines kinds and amounts of crops to be grown and livestock to be bred, according to market conditions, weather, and size and location of farm.
• Selects and purchases seed, fertilizer, farm machinery, livestock, and feed, and assumes responsibility for sale of crop and livestock products.
• Hires and directs workers engaged in planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops, such as corn, peas, potatoes, strawberries, apples, peanuts, and tobacco, and to raise livestock, such as cattle, sheep, swine, horses, and poultry.
• Performs various duties of farm workers, depending on size and nature of farm, including setting up and operating farm machinery.