A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests specialty crops, such as alfalfa, cotton, hops, peanuts, mint, sugarcane, and tobacco, applying knowledge of growth characteristics of individual crop, and soil, climate, and market conditions. Respnsibilities include:

• Determines number and kind of employees to be hired, acreage to be tilled, and varieties and quantities of plants to be grown.
• Selects and purchases plant stock and farm machinery, implements, and supplies.
• Decides when and how to plant, cultivate, and irrigate plants and harvest crops, applying knowledge of plant culture.
• Attaches farm implements, such as plow, disc, and seed drill to tractor and drives tractor in fields to till soil and plant and cultivate crops.
• Drives and operates farm machinery to spray fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides and haul harvested crops.
• Hires, assigns duties to, and oversees activities of farm workers.
• Demonstrates and explains farm work techniques and safety regulations to new workers.
• Maintains employee and financial records.
• Arranges with buyers for sale and shipment of crop.
• May install irrigation system(s) and irrigate fields.
• May set poles and string wires and twine on poles to form trellises.
• May lubricate, adjust, and make minor repairs on farm machinery, implements, and equipment, using mechanic's handtools and work aids.
• May plant seeds in cold-frame bed and cover bed with cloth or glass to protect seedlings from weather.
• May transplant seedlings in rows, by hand or using transplanter machine.
• May grade and package crop for marketing.
• May be designated according to crop grown as Cotton Grower; Ginseng Farmer; Hay Farmer; Hop Grower; Peanut Farmer; Sugarcane Planter; Tobacco Grower.