TOP HOT JOBS IN AGRICULTURE

Without a doubt, the agricultural workforce is changing dramatically as competition drives the scale of farming to levels where the farmer depends on workers beyond the farm family to get things done. The higher level and increasing complexity of technology also mean that the agriculture producer now relies on a network of technical contractors to consult on everything from keeping nutrients out of the water supply to generating electricity to sell to the energy market.

Our list of Top Hot Jobs in Agriculture uses projections that not only use information on growth and decline of these Gold Collar occupations but also include data about the need to replace people in these jobs who will be retiring over the next ten years. To see a worksheet with the data for these jobs, click here.

• Veterinarians
• Sales Representatives
• Farm, Ranch, and Other Agricultural Managers
• Farmers and Ranchers
• Conservation Scientists
• First Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
• Industrial Machinery Mechanics
• Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer
• Fallers
• Logging Equipment Operators
• Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
•  Maintenance and Repair Workers
• Inspectors, Sorters, and Weighers
• Paper Goods Machine Operators
• Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Tree Trimmers and Pruners
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
• Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
• Food Batchmakers
• Butchers and Meat Cutters
• Miscellaneous Assembers and Fabricators (Team Assemblers)
• Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
• Sawing Machine Operators
• Woodworking Machine Opertors
• Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
• Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals
• Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
• Slaughterers and Meat Packers
• Veterinary Assistants
• Agricultural Equipment Operators
• Packers and Packagers, Hand
• Animal Caretakers
• Bakers