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Also called buying agent, cotton agent, cotton purchasing agent and farm products purchasing agent.
$77,710
Median pay a year
491,430
People do this work
6
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Calculating data
Executing sales transactions
Evaluating property condition
Determining goods value
Maintaining data in systems
Negotiating contracts
Advising on business operations
Purchasing products or services
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Farm Products Buyer and Purchasing Agent
Summary
Buyers and purchasing agents for farm products, purchasing items like milk and grains for processing or resale, negotiating contracts, maintaining records, and coordinating transportation and storage activities
Experience
Farm Products Buyer and Purchasing Agent
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Purchased farm products, such as milk and grains, for further processing or resale
Arranged for processing or resale of purchased farm products
Negotiated contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products
Maintained records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies
Reviewed orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand
Examined crops or products to estimate their value and determine their grade
Coordinated activities of workers engaged in transporting and storing products
Skills
Checking & Planning
Calculating data, Evaluating property condition, Determining goods value
Administration
Executing sales transactions, Purchasing products or services
Tools and software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Purchasing software
Core Skills
Maintaining data in systems, Negotiating contracts, Advising on business operations
Open to
On site, Remote
Education
Bachelor's Degree Your college, Year
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Purchased farm products for resale or processingArranged processing and resale of productsNegotiated contracts with farmers for productsCoordinated transportation and storage of productsMaintained records of transactions and inventoriesReviewed orders to determine product requirements
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Purchased farm products for resale and processing, ensuring quality and compliance with market standards
Negotiated contracts with farmers to secure favorable terms and pricing for product acquisition
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Add how often you reviewed product quality or compliance checks.
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Regularly checked quality before purchase of farm products for resale and processing, ensuring compliance with market standards
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Regularly checked quality before purchaseConducted compliance reviews each monthEvaluated products weekly for standards
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Negotiated contracts with farmers to secure favorable terms and pricing for product acquisition
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Handled contracts for premium productsManaged negotiations for large-scale purchasesOversaw contracts with key suppliers
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What a Farm Products Buyer and Purchasing Agent does
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Purchase farm products either for further processing or resale. Includes tree farm contractors, grain brokers and market operators, grain buyers, and tobacco buyers. May negotiate contracts.
What it pays
How much does a Farm Products Buyer and Purchasing Agent make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$60,800
Median
$77,710
75th percentile
$100,820
These figures cover this work together with Purchasing Agent and Wholesale and Retail Buyer, which is how they are published.
About 491,430 people do this work and Purchasing Agent and Wholesale and Retail Buyer in the United States, counted together.
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What you have not done yet. Maintaining data in systems, Negotiating contracts, Advising on business operations
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Farm Products Buyer and Purchasing Agent
Calculating data
Executing sales transactions
Evaluating property condition
Determining goods value
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This page is about the occupation Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.