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Will AI replace Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?

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Baseline AI displacement risk for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals, aggregated from 9 research sources.

What this score means

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals is among the least exposed roles in Agriculture. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 18 out of 100 it sits close to the Agriculture average of 19. Across the 9 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 43, 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 Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals, most central first, showing 12 of 19.

  • 01Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
  • 02Move equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts.
  • 03Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
  • 04Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
  • 05Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
  • 06Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
  • 07Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
  • 08Drive trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
  • 09Segregate animals according to weight, age, color, and physical condition.
  • 10Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
  • 11Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
  • 12Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.

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 9 research sources that scored Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

Common questions

How likely is AI to replace Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?
Published research puts Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals at 18 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 9 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
Do researchers agree on the risk for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals?
Only partly. Individual estimates for Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals run from 5 to 43 out of 100 across the 9 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
Which agriculture roles face similar AI exposure?
The closest published agriculture roles to Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals by score are Agricultural Equipment Operators (18/100), First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers (18/100), and Logging Equipment Operators (19/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.

Also covers

Agricultural Worker · Animal Care Taker · Animal Feeder · Animal Herder · Animal Husbandry Worker · Animal Keeper · Aquaculture Worker · Aquatic Laborer and related titles

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