Will AI replace Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products?

What this score means

Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products leans toward the safer end for Business & Operations. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 35 out of 100 it scores 11 points below the Business & Operations average of 46. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 25 to 44, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products, most central first.

• 01Purchase, for further processing or for resale, farm products, such as milk, grains, or Christmas trees.
• 02Arrange for processing or resale of purchased products.
• 03Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products.
• 04Arrange for transportation or storage of purchased products.
• 05Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies as necessary.
• 06Review orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand.
• 07Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage.
• 08Coordinate or direct activities of workers engaged in cutting, transporting, storing, or milling products and maintaining records.
• 09Sell supplies, such as seed, feed, fertilizers, or insecticides, arranging for loans or financing as necessary.
• 10Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize the quantity and quality of production.
• 11Calculate applicable government grain quotas.
• 12Estimate land production possibilities, surveying property and studying factors such as crop rotation history, soil fertility, or irrigation facilities.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure · 2025
• 02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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