80020 Managers in agriculture

What this occupation covers

Managers in agriculture plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations and functions of farms. They are responsible for growing crops, raising and breeding livestock, poultry and other animals, marketing farm products and enhancing farms' sustainability through, notably, the implementation of new technologies. They usually own and operate their own establishment.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 11 main duties for this code.

• Manage the overall operations of a farm, ranch or orchard
• Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
• Organize and co-ordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities; raising and breeding of livestock and poultry
• Hire and manage farm personnel
• Establish a marketing program
• Develop and keep financial and production records
• Purchase farm machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Perform farming duties.
• May collect data and use digital technology tools and equipment to enhance the sustainability of the farm.
• Managers in agriculture manage farms of various sizes which may specialize in particular crops such as wheat, apples or potatoes or raise particular livestock such as beef cattle, swine or poultry.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 11 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• 80021 Managers in horticulture

Excluded from this code

• Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors (See 82030 Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors)
• Managers in horticulture (See 80021 Managers in horticulture)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

animal breeder · animal farmer · apiarist · apiculturist · apple grower · apple producer · bean sprout farmer · bean sprout grower · beef cattle farmer · beef producer · beekeeper · bird breeder · broiler chicken producer · broiler producer · cash crop farmer · cat breeder · cattle rancher · cereal and oilseed grower · cereal and oilseed producer · cereal farm manager · cereal grower · cereal producer · chicken farmer · cow-calf operator

Employment requirements

• Extensive farming experience, obtained as a farm supervisor or specialized crop or livestock worker or by working on a farm, is usually required.
• A university degree or college diploma in agricultural management or other field related to crop or livestock production may be required.