A professional who drives trucks and tractors and performs variety of animal and crop raising duties as directed on general farm. Respnsibilities include:

• Plows, harrows, and fertilizes soil, and cultivates, sprays, and harvests crops, using variety of tractor-drawn machinery.
• Cares for livestock and poultry, observing general condition and administering simple medications to animals and fowls.
• Hauls feed to livestock during grass shortage and winter months.
• Operates, repairs, and maintains farm implements and mechanical equipment, such as tractors, gang plows, ensilage cutters, hay balers, cottonpickers, and milking machines.
• Repairs farm buildings, fences, and other structures.
• May irrigate crops.
• May haul livestock and products to market.
• Usually works year-round and may oversee casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.