Agricultural Workers

Significant Points

• Duties and working conditions vary widely, from raising plants in greenhouses, to harvesting crops and tending to livestock outdoors, to inspecting agricultural products at border crossings.
• Farmworkers learn through short-term on-the-job training; agricultural inspectors and animal breeders require work experience or a college degree.
• Most farmworkers receive low pay and perform strenuous work outdoors in all kinds of weather but many enjoy the rural lifestyle.
• Employment is projected to decline slightly.

source: OOH; about this section