How to become a mixed crop and animal producer

Official title: Mixed crop and animal producers

Also called: Farmer (mixed farming), Skilled farm worker (mixed farming)

Mixed crop and animal producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest field, tree and various other crops, as well as to breed, raise and tend animals and to produce a variety of animal husbandry products, for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.

Main tasks

• Monitoring market activity and conditions, determining kinds and amounts of crops to be grown and animals to be raised, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
• Purchasing seeds, fertilizer, and other supplies
• Performing operations such as land preparation, sowing, planting, cultivating and harvesting crops
• Producing or buying fodder and other food supplies
• Breeding, raising and tending animals
• Killing and skinning animals, and preparing animals or animal products for market
• Renting or investing in and maintaining and cleaning farm buildings, machinery, equipment, and structures
• Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
• Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of livestock, produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
• Training and supervising workers in animal care procedures, maintenance duties, and health and safety precautions and hiring and discharging workers and contractors

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$15,500 a month
• About 387,500 people in 2025, and about 403,200 projected by 2028. (+4.1%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Tree and shrub crop growers
• Animal producers not elsewhere classified
• Poultry producers
• Apiarists and sericulturists
• Livestock and dairy producers
• Gardeners, horticultural and nursery growers

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Questions people ask

Do you need a degree to become a mixed crop and animal producer?

Usually not. Only 6% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of a mixed crop and animal producer?

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