A professional who negotiates contracts with growers to raise or purchase crops, such as fruits and vegetables, performing any combination of the following duties. Responsibilities include:

• Contacts grower to negotiate contracts and to explain terms and conditions of contract and contractual responsibilities.
• Determines production possibilities of land by studying data, such as history of crop rotation, type and fertility of soil, location, topography, and irrigation facilities.
• Negotiates amount of acreage to be planted or purchased and selects fields to be planted.
• Advises grower on preparing land, planting, cultivating, thinning, harvesting, and related problems.
• Supplies seed and fertilizer.
• May estimate crop yield.
• Arranges for financing and advances funds to purchase supplies and equipment or services of contractor.
• May arrange for loans of company-owned machinery.
• Arranges for transportation of crops to processing plants.
• Inspects growing crops for evidence of disease and insect damage and recommends corrective measures.
• May assist in recruiting extra labor during peak seasons.
• May conduct lectures for farm groups on specific phases of agricultural activities.
• May write articles for publication and for scientific groups.
• May specialize in one crop and be designated according to crop bought.