Will “Plowman” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Unknown Chance of Automation

Sadly, the research paper did not provide any information about this occupation. Maybe have a look at our directory?

Job Description

Drive and control farm equipment to till soil and to plant, cultivate, and harvest crops. May perform tasks, such as crop baling or hay bucking. May operate stationary equipment to perform post-harvest tasks, such as husking, shelling, threshing, and ginning.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 45-2091.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 30,430.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 14.00
Currently, there are 28,700 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Agricultural Equipment Operators”.

Also Known As…

Tasks for “Plowman”

Load and unload crops or containers of materials, manually or using conveyors, handtrucks, forklifts, or transfer augers.
Load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks.
Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus and weed growth, and diseases, using hand sprayers.
Position boxes or attach bags at discharge ends of machinery to catch products, removing and closing full containers.
Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools.
Walk beside or ride on planting machines while inserting plants in planter mechanisms at specified intervals.
Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers.
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment.
Weigh crop-filled containers, and record weights and other identifying information.
Irrigate soil, using portable pipes or ditch systems, and maintain ditches or pipes and pumps.
Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in planting, weeding, or harvesting activities.
Mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
Operate towed machines such as seed drills or manure spreaders to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
Adjust, repair, and service farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions.
Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten products.
Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions.

Related Technology & Tools

Novariant AutoFarm RTK AutoSteer
Auger movers
Silage boxes
Shavings spreaders
Disk rippers
Seed bins
Air reels
Mower conditioners
Seed hoppers
Gravity wagons
Rotary hoes
Skid steer hay bale spears
Manure chopper pumps
Forage blowers
Seed dryers
Grain pumps
All terrain vehicle ATV rakes
Land levelers
Sprayer booms
Weed wipes
Hay bale stackers
Tower grain dryers
Telehandlers
Combine draper headers
Combine headers
Seed scales
Grain bin aeration fans
Threshers
Peanut diggers
Feed grinders
Post hole diggers
Forage tractors
Pasture renovators
All terrain vehicle ATV manure spreaders
All terrain vehicle ATV harrows
Straw and chaff spreaders
Grass drills
Peanut digger shakers
Manure augers
All terrain vehicles ATV
Grain wagons
Hay bale loaders
Land planes
Silage mills
Min-till drills
Sprayer chassis
Forage boxes
Peanut digger inverters
Coulter rippers
Grass seeders
Mist blowers
Air carts
Skid steer tree cutters
Liquid ferilizer applicators
Field rollers
Windrowers
Continuous flow grain dryers
Horizontal feed mixers
Silage wrappers
Skid steer post pullers
Silage feeders
Dry bulk storage tanks
Swath turners
Seed tenders
Litter spreaders
Seed strippers
Seed vacuums
Cargo trucks
Skid steer post drivers
Silo spreaders
All terrain vehicle ATV post hole diggers
Farm tractors
Chaff spreaders
Silage distributors
Transfer augers
Peanut harvesters
Tractor guidance systems
Wheel loaders
Crop lifters
Flat-ended shovels
Hay tedders
Hay bale movers
Auger wagons
Feed conveyors
Subsoilers
Skid sprayers
Combine header transports
Hay bale wrappers
Garlic harvesters
Forage wagons
Manure separators
Portable sprayers
Offset disks
Grain drills
Combine grain headers
Grain vacuums
Self-propelled sprayers
Hammermills
2-point sprayers
Soybean combine harvesters
Row crop cultivators
Compost turners
Land rollers
Nurse tanks
Ditchers
Hay bale conveyors
Feed mixer wagons
Hay bale forks
Grain heaters
Seed conveyors
Seed drills
Forklifts
Coulter drills
Hay bale feeders
Grain augers
V hay rakes
Manure storage tanks
Backhoes
Roller packers
Liquid storage tanks
Peanut dryers
Batch grain dryers
Min-till cultivators
Hay conditioners
Header carriers
Post drivers
Power winches
Air seeders
Skid steer rock grapples
Tomato harvesters
Compact tractors
Fertilizer spreaders
Seed mixers
Air drill seeders
Flotation sprayers
Hay bale compressors
Silage wagons
Granular applicators
Chisel plows
Hay balers
Hay bale elevators
Chisel disks
Skid steer post hole diggers
Land finishers
Crop shredders
Manure injection systems
Plows
Grain combines
Hay bale spears
Manure spreaders
Skid steer loaders
Land scrapers
Coulter disks
Stump grinders
Combine cylinders
Hay bale shredders
Rock windrowers
Silage bins
Rotary tillers
Silage baggers
Min-till planters
Harrow baskets
Rotary hay rakes
Hay bale accumulators
Tandem disks
Fertilizer blenders
3-point sprayers
Hay bale trailers
Subcompact tractors
Lime spreaders
All terrain vehicle ATV sprayers
Utility vehicles
Windrow inverters
Forage harvesters
Manure scrapers
All terrain vehicle ATV plows
All terrain vehicle ATV seeders
Crop dividers
Track tractors
Bed shapers
Bucket elevators
All terrain vehicle ATV discs
Skid steer rotary tillers
Field cultivators
Bedding hippers
Hay bale unrollers
Peanut dump carts
Haybines

Martens Farms Farm Trac
Farm Management Software Hay and Crop Manager
Martens Farms Farm Site Mate