Develop agricultural methods.

Develop agricultural methods. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 11 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Develop operational or technical procedures or standards. in Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 11 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (91%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Develop improved practices in feeding, housing, sanitation, or parasite and disease control of animals. · Animal Scientists · importance 4.4 · exposure with tools
• Devise and participate in activities to improve fish hatching and growth rates, and to prevent disease in hatcheries. · Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Develop new or improved methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or insect pests. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Develop improved measurement techniques, soil conservation methods, soil sampling devices, or related technology. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop environmentally safe methods or products for controlling or eliminating weeds, crop diseases, or pests. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop techniques for measuring and identifying trees. · Foresters · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants. · Range Managers · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
• Participate in efforts to advance precision agriculture technology, such as developing advanced weed identification or automated spot spraying systems. · Precision Agriculture Technicians · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Develop ways of altering soils to suit different types of plants. · Soil and Plant Scientists · importance 3.1 · exposure with tools
• Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities, such as range reseeding. · Range Managers · importance 2.9 · exposure with tools
• Develop new techniques for wood or residue use. · Foresters · importance 2.2 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Animal Scientists
• Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
• Soil and Plant Scientists
• Foresters
• Range Managers
• Precision Agriculture Technicians

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-develop-agricultural-methods,
  title  = {Develop agricultural methods.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/develop-agricultural-methods}
}