Job Title: Owner/Manager of a Beef Breeding Farm
Description: Supervise and coordinate animal care, technicians, and the day-to-day operation of the cattle and upkeep of the facilities. Oversee financials and plan future business strategy. Care for animal health, market meat, and manage supplies.
Degree Required: AS
- Associate's Degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, and some four-year bachelor's degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years.
Skills Required: Computer skills, Creative writing skills, Farm animal care, Good hand-eye coordination, Independent worker, Leadership abilities, Learns on the job, Mechanically inclined, Managing financial resources, Managing people, Managing material resources, Negotiator, Oral communication skills, Produce goods, Quick thinker, Record maintenance, Ride/train horses, Thinks outside the box, Time management skills, Works under pressure, Written communication skills
Market Sector: Farm/Ranch, Self-Employed, Small Business
Relative Salary: $$$$
- We did not collect actual income range information in our survey. Instead we chose to express income range with a number of dollar signs, expressing relative salaries. A single $ is relatively low salary compared to the average, $$ - $$$ is average, and $$$$$ is much higher than average income.
Since each person surveyed may have a different viewpoint as to what constitutes an average salary, and since salary is often commensurate with years of experience, the number of dollar signs should not be regarded as an absolute, but only as an indicator.