Farm and Ranch Manager Resume Sample

Key Result Areas:

• Direct the breeding or raising of stock, such as cattle, poultry, or honeybees, using recognized breeding practices to ensure stock improvement
• Evaluate marketing or sales alternatives for farm or ranch products
• Hire, train, or supervise workers engaged in planting, cultivating, irrigating, harvesting, or marketing crops, or in raising livestock
• Maintain financial, operational, production, or employment records for farms or ranches
• Monitor activities such as irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, milking, breeding, or grading to ensure adherence to safety regulations or standards
• Negotiate with buyers for the sale, storage, or shipment of crops or livestock
• Operate or oversee the operations of dairy farms that produce bulk milk
• Operate or oversee the operations of poultry or swine farms producing meat, eggs, or breeding stock
• Plan crop activities based on factors such as crop maturity or weather conditions
• Prepare budgets or financial reports for farm or ranch operations.
• Select or purchase machinery, equipment, livestock, or supplies, such as seed, feed, fertilizer, or chemicals.
• Analyze soil to determine types or quantities of fertilizer required for maximum crop production
• Direct livestock or crop waste recycling operations
• Plan and direct development or production of hardier or higher-yield hybrid plant varieties
• Buy or sell futures contracts or price farm products in advance of future sales to minimize risk or maximize profits.
• Demonstrate or explain working techniques, practices, or safety regulations to farm or ranch workers.
• Inspect orchards or fields to determine crop maturity or condition or to detect disease or insect infestation

Key Highlights:

• Any existing systems/ processes streamlined???? Results obtained????
• Major assignments handled????
• Any unique initiative taken to improve customer satisfaction level???? Any major accounts/clients handled???
• Awards/appreciation letters received???? Other relevant achievements????

Key Result Areas:

• Determined types or quantities of crops or livestock to be raised, according to factors such as market conditions, federal programs or incentives, or soil conditions
• Directed crop production operations, such as planning, tilling, planting, fertilizing, cultivating, spraying, or harvesting
• Monitored and adjusted irrigation systems to distribute water according to crop needs and to avoid wasting water; change processes such as drying, grading, storing, or shipping to improve efficiency or profitability
• Replaced chemical insecticides with environmentally friendly practices, such as adding pest-repelling plants to fields; inspect farm or ranch equipment to ensure proper functioning

Key Highlights:

• Any existing systems/ processes streamlined???? Results obtained????
• Major assignments handled????
• Any unique initiative taken to improve customer satisfaction level???? Any major accounts/clients handled???
• Awards/appreciation letters received???? Other relevant achievements????