Skills it runs on
The capabilities O*NET rates most important for this occupation — the human ground the work is built on.
See all skills →Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Occupation · SOC 13-1021.00
Purchase farm products either for further processing or resale. Includes tree farm contractors, grain brokers and market operators, grain buyers, and tobacco buyers. May negotiate contracts.
Also called: Buyer · Grain Buyer · Grain Merchandiser · Purchasing Agent · Grain Origination Specialist · Tobacco Buyer · Agriculture Industry Coordinator · Agriculture Industry Specialist · Buying Agent · Cattle Broker · Cattle Buyer · Cattle Dealer
Job family: Business and Financial Operations Occupations
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AI work map
A fast read on where AI already shows up in this occupation, where it stays a copilot, where humans remain in the loop, and what the labor market is doing. Built from observed Claude.ai conversations mapped to O*NET tasks and from published research — measures of usage and exposure, not advice or predictions that the job is going away.
Market signal
Independent published positions, read together — not a forecast.
- Moderate AI exposure
- Can largely be done remotely (teleworkable)
- Both the 2013 computerization estimate and today's AI exposure rank this high
AI & job outlook
What today's research says about this occupation's exposure to AI, how AI is actually being used in it, and where employment is headed. These are positions within published studies — measures of exposure and usage, not predictions that this job will disappear.
Exposure to current AI
Each study uses its own scale, so the raw scores are not comparable across rows — the percentile (this job's rank among all U.S. occupations with data) is the comparable figure, and sizes the bars.
| Measure | Rank vs all occupations | Percentile | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.) Moderate | 66th | 0.8 | |
| LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) High | 95th | 1.0 |
OpenAI's exposure study scores tasks three ways: with a language model alone (α 0.1), with simple added tooling (β 0.5), and including AI-powered software (γ 1.0). Higher means more of the job's tasks could be done at least twice as fast — not that they will be automated away.
Most of this job's tasks can be done remotely (Dingel–Neiman), which tends to track with higher digital and AI exposure.
Historical automation estimate (2013)
A pre-LLM (2013) estimate of how automatable this job is by computerization and robotics. Shown for historical context only — it is not part of any current AI ranking.
Frey–Osborne probability 0.9 · 74th percentile among occupations · High
How AI is actually used in this job
Among measured AI assistant conversations mapped to this occupation (Anthropic Economic Index, 2026-01-15), these task types came up most. These are shares of observed AI conversations — not shares of the job, of worker time, or of what could be automated.
| Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage. | 0.4% | |
| Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize the quantity and quality of production. | 0.2% |
Where this work sits on the global GenAI gradient
The ILO's 2025 global study scores generative-AI exposure on the international ISCO-08 occupation system, not US SOC. Bridged through the published (and approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 crosswalk, this US occupation corresponds to the international occupation below. Exposure here means how much of the work's tasks today's AI can attempt — task overlap, not automation, adoption, or jobs lost.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products sits at the 76th percentile of 427
occupations on the global GenAI task-exposure gradient
— exposure eased from 2023 to 2025. Each dot is one occupation; the
ringed one is this work. Exposure is task overlap, not automation or jobs lost.
39% mean task exposure (2025)
76th percentile of 427 placed occupations
−8 pts shift 2023 → 2025
| International occupation (ISCO-08) | Task exposure (2025) | Most tasks fall in |
|---|---|---|
| Buyers · 3323 | 39% | Minimal |
Read the whole six-band gradient on the GenAI exposure gradient page. The crosswalk is approximate: a US occupation can map to several international ones, and the ILO scores describe the international occupation, not this exact US role.
Tasks
All 12 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, ordered by importance. Each links to its own page with AI-exposure and observed-use detail.
- Purchase, for further processing or for resale, farm products, such as milk, grains, or Christmas trees. Core · importance 4.4
- Arrange for processing or resale of purchased products. Core · importance 4.2
- Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products. Core · importance 4.2
- Arrange for transportation or storage of purchased products. Core · importance 4.1
- Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies as necessary. Core · importance 4.1
- Review orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand. Core · importance 3.9
- Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage. Supplemental · importance 3.6
- Coordinate or direct activities of workers engaged in cutting, transporting, storing, or milling products and maintaining records. Supplemental · importance 3.5
- Sell supplies, such as seed, feed, fertilizers, or insecticides, arranging for loans or financing as necessary. Supplemental · importance 3.5
- Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize the quantity and quality of production. Supplemental · importance 3.2
- Calculate applicable government grain quotas. Supplemental · importance 2.8
- Estimate land production possibilities, surveying property and studying factors such as crop rotation history, soil fertility, or irrigation facilities. Supplemental · importance 2.8
Work activities
- Purchase products or services.
- Negotiate contracts with clients or service providers.
- Execute sales or other financial transactions.
- Coordinate logistics or other business operations.
- Calculate data to inform organizational operations.
- Maintain data in information systems or databases.
- Communicate with government agencies.
- Determine the value of goods or services.
- Supervise employees.
- Evaluate condition of properties.
- Advise others on business or operational matters.
Knowledge, skills & abilities
O*NET importance rating, from 1 (not important) to 5 (extremely important).
Abilities
| Oral Expression | 4.0 | |
| Oral Comprehension | 3.6 | |
| Written Comprehension | 3.6 | |
| Deductive Reasoning | 3.6 | |
| Speech Clarity | 3.6 | |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.4 | |
| Inductive Reasoning | 3.4 | |
| Near Vision | 3.4 | |
| Speech Recognition | 3.4 | |
| Written Expression | 3.3 | |
| Information Ordering | 3.1 | |
| Mathematical Reasoning | 3.1 | |
| Number Facility | 3.1 |
Knowledge
Essential skills
| Speaking | 3.9 | |
| Critical Thinking | 3.9 | |
| Active Listening | 3.8 | |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.4 | |
| Writing | 3.1 | |
| Active Learning | 3.1 | |
| Monitoring | 3.1 | |
| Mathematics | 3.0 |
Transferable skills
| Persuasion | 3.4 | |
| Negotiation | 3.4 | |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.4 | |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.3 | |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | |
| Coordination | 3.1 | |
| Time Management | 3.1 |
Skills in demand
Skills employers ask for in job postings for this occupation (Lightcast), with whether each is a common or specialized skill.
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Tools & technology
Work context
How characteristic each condition is of the job, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale (higher = more present in day-to-day work). Each condition links to how it varies across all occupations.
How to get in
- Job zone
- Zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- Education
- Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- Related experience
- A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- Preparation level
- SVP (7.0 to < 8.0) — total schooling plus on-the-job experience.
What to study: Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences . Fields of study crosswalked to this occupation (NCES CIP–SOC), not a requirement.
Education of current workers
Share of people in this occupation at each level of education.
| Bachelor's Degree | 76.8% | |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 8.3% | |
| High School Diploma | 7.6% | |
| Some College Courses | 7.3% |
Interests & work styles
The interests and personal qualities O*NET associates with people who do this work.
Career interests (Holland / RIASEC)
| Enterprising | 4.9 | |
| Conventional | 4.8 | |
| Realistic | 4.6 |
Interest areas
| Agriculture | 4.5 | |
| Management/Administration | 3.8 | |
| Accounting | 3.6 | |
| Business Initiatives | 3.3 | |
| Office Work | 3.2 | |
| Sales | 2.8 | |
| Finance | 2.8 | |
| Transportation/Machine Operation | 2.1 | |
| Law | 2.1 |
Work styles
| Dependability | 3.0 | |
| Attention to Detail | 2.2 | |
| Integrity | 2.0 | |
| Self-Confidence | 1.9 |
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Side-by-side comparisons place two occupations’ pay, preparation, skills, and AI exposure on the same page — same data, same scale, no forecast.
What you can do with this
Options the data surfaces for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products — not advice or a forecast. Each is a real cross-link you can follow into the evidence.
Skills that travel
Capabilities this work builds that are used across many other occupations.
Adjacent roles
Occupations O*NET rates as related — the nearby moves on the map.
- Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products Compare →
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products Compare →
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers Compare →
- Purchasing Managers Compare →
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products Compare →
Paths in
How people typically prepare for this work.
- Job zone 4 — Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed · preparation tier
- Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences · field of study
Zoom out
On the global GenAI exposure gradient this work sits around the 76th percentile of 427 international occupations.
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Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products sit at the 83rd percentile of AI task overlap among U.S. occupations
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products rank in the 83rd percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated.Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE
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Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products sit at the 83rd percentile of AI task overlap among U.S. occupations • Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products rank in the 83rd percentile (High band) for AI task overlap across U.S. occupations — a measure of how much of the work today's AI can attempt, not how much is automated. (Eloundou et al. (GPTs are GPTs) + Felten AIOE) Source: Singulariki — "Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products". https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1021-00 Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.
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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
- AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans academic
- ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025 International Labour Organization
- IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022 Institute for Structural Research (IBS)
- Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation academic
- Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome academic
Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.
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Plain
Singulariki. "Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1021-00
APA
Singulariki. (2026). Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1021-00
BibTeX
@misc{singulariki-role-13-1021-00,
title = {Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products},
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; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
url = {https://singulariki.com/roles/role-13-1021-00}
} Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.