Occupations/25-9021.00

Farm and Home Management Educators

Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.

Beyond a bachelor’s

Usually a graduate or professional degree.

AI automation risk

26%

More resilient

Human characteristics

69%

Strong human-characteristic mix

Task orientation

21%

More resilient

A day in this job

  • Mostly human

    Collaborate with producers to diagnose and prevent management and production problems.

  • Mostly human

    Advise farmers and demonstrate techniques in areas such as feeding and health maintenance of livestock, growing and harvesting practices, and financial planning.

  • Task

    Conduct classes or deliver lectures on subjects such as nutrition, home management, and farming techniques.

The tasks we can read here lean on people, judgment, or hands-on work. The AI risk number is still this job’s rank against other occupations.

Core tasks

  1. 01Advise farmers and demonstrate techniques in areas such as feeding and health maintenance of livestock, growing and harvesting practices, and financial planning.
  2. 02Conduct classes or deliver lectures on subjects such as nutrition, home management, and farming techniques.
  3. 03Collaborate with producers to diagnose and prevent management and production problems.
  4. 04Research information requested by farmers.
  5. 05Collect and evaluate data to determine community program needs.
  6. 06Act as an advocate for farmers or farmers' groups.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

  • Repeating same tasks2.30
  • Degree of automation1.59
  • Time sitting3.48
  • Originality (ability)3.75
  • Conflict situations2.74
  • Hands-on objects/tools2.15
  • Outdoors / weather3.42
  • Disease exposure1.33
  • Decision freedom4.74

Top abilities

  • Oral Expression4.50
  • Written Comprehension4.12
  • Speech Clarity4.12
  • Oral Comprehension4.12
  • Written Expression4.00
  • Information Ordering4.00
  • Inductive Reasoning4.00
  • Deductive Reasoning4.00

Essential skills

  • Reading Comprehension4.00
  • Active Listening4.38
  • Writing3.88
  • Speaking4.12
  • Mathematics3.00
  • Science2.75
  • Critical Thinking3.75
  • Active Learning3.75
  • Learning Strategies3.75
  • Monitoring3.38

CIP matches

01.0104Farm/Farm and Ranch Management01.0302Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production01.0304Crop Production01.0306Dairy Husbandry and Production01.0307Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management01.0310Apiculture01.0601Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General01.0609Public Horticulture01.0610Urban and Community Horticulture01.0801Agricultural and Extension Education Services01.0901Animal Sciences, General01.0902Agricultural Animal Breeding01.0904Animal Nutrition01.0905Dairy Science01.0906Livestock Management01.0907Poultry Science01.0999Animal Sciences, Other01.1101Plant Sciences, General01.1102Agronomy and Crop Science01.1103Horticultural Science01.1105Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management01.1106Range Science and Management19.0101Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General19.0201Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences19.0203Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management19.0401Family Resource Management Studies, General19.0402Consumer Economics19.0403Consumer Services and Advocacy19.0499Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services, Other19.0601Housing and Human Environments, General19.0605Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers19.0704Family Systems19.0706Child Development19.0707Family and Community Services19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies19.0712Parent Education Services19.0901Apparel and Textiles, General30.1901Nutrition Sciences

Schools offering related programs

12 of 60 shown

Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.

InstitutionProgramTuitionAdmitGrad 6-yrEarnings

Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$12,00090%69%

1 yr $83,177

2 yr —

Master's · CIP 01.01

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$11,20049%89%

1 yr $64,493

2 yr —

Master's · CIP 01.01

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Nutrition Sciences

30.1901

$60,40012%88%

1 yr $59,640

2 yr $63,600

Master's · CIP 30.19

Houston Community College

Houston, TX · Public

Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

19.0201

$4,300100%24%

1 yr —

2 yr $57,318

Master's · CIP 19.02

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$14,80011%93%

1 yr $56,189

2 yr $57,149

Bachelor's · CIP 01.01

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$17,40064%83%

1 yr $55,964

2 yr $48,342

Bachelor's · CIP 01.01

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$10,80083%66%

1 yr $55,383

2 yr $49,270

Bachelor's · CIP 01.01

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$17,50045%85%

1 yr $53,984

2 yr $53,858

Bachelor's · CIP 01.01

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$6,40023%89%

1 yr $52,107

2 yr —

Master's · CIP 01.01

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Public

Nutrition Sciences

30.1901

$9,00017%91%

1 yr $51,273

2 yr $49,520

Master's · CIP 30.19

Texas A & M University-College Station

College Station, TX · Public

Farm/Farm and Ranch Management

01.0104

$13,20063%83%

1 yr $51,106

2 yr $55,338

Master's · CIP 01.01

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL · Public

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

19.0101

$11,90080%73%

1 yr $50,231

2 yr $47,427

Master's · CIP 19.01