How to become an agricultural and forestry production manager
Official title: Agricultural and forestry production managers
Also called: Forestry manager, Plantation manager, Ranch manager
Agricultural and forestry production managers plan, direct and coordinate production in large-scale agricultural, horticultural and forestry operations such as plantations, large ranches, collective farms and agricultural cooperatives to grow and harvest crops, and breed and raise livestock.
Main tasks
- Monitoring agricultural and forestry market activity and planning production to meet contract requirements and market demand
- Establishing and managing budgets, monitoring production output and costs, recording information such as farm management practices, and preparing financial and operational reports
- Conferring with buyers to arrange for the sale of crops and livestock
- Contracting with farmers or independent owners for production of crops and livestock, or for management of production
- Planning the type, intensity and sequence of farm operations (e.g. determining the best times for planting, spraying and harvesting)
- Analysing soil to determine types and quantities of fertilizer required for maximum production
- Purchasing machinery, equipment and supplies such as tractors, seed, fertilizer and chemicals
- Identifying and controlling agricultural and forest environmental toxins, weeds, pests and diseases
- Organizing farming operations such as maintaining buildings, water supply systems and equipment
- Directing and coordinating activities such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting and grading
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
Do you need a degree to become an agricultural and forestry production manager?
Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an agricultural and forestry production manager?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026