Agriculture
Livestock farmer
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +2.9% (BLS).
The job
Livestock and dairy producers (ISCO 6121). Livestock and dairy producers plan, organize and perform farming operations to breed and raise domesticated animals (excluding poultry), such as cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, for the production of meat, milk and other dairy products, skins and wool or for use as working, sporting or recreational animals, for sale or delivery to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
33 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- cattle breeder
- cattle breeders
- cattle rearer
- cattle specialist
- equine stable manager
- equine yard manager
- equine yard managers
- flock manager
- flock movement specialist
- goat breeder
- horse breeder
- horse breeders
- horse rearer
- horse stable manager
- horse yard manager
- pig breeder
- pig breeders
- pig rearer
- pig specialist
- racehorse breeder
- riding school manager
- shearer
- sheep breeder
- sheep breeders
- sheep flock manager
- sheep flock specialist
- sheep herder
- sheep rearer
- sheep specialist
- shepherd
- shepherds
- stable manager
- stud specialist
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.