A professional who plants, cultivates, and harvests one or more grain crops, such as barley, corn, rice, soybeans, and wheat, for cash sale. Respnsibilities include:

• Selects and buys type and amount of seed to be grown, taking into consideration local growing conditions and market demands.
• Operates equipment to plow, disk, harrow, and fertilize ground and to plant grain.
• Plans harvesting, considering ripeness and maturity of grain and weather conditions and operates grain-harvesting equipment.
• Sells grain or stores grain for future sale.
• Directs activities of workers.
• Hires and discharges workers.
• May be designated according to specific grain grown as Corn Grower; Rice Farmer; Soybean Grower; Wheat Grower.