NOC 80020: Managers in agriculture

Managers in agriculture plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations and functions of farms. They are responsible for growing crops, raising and breeding livestock, poultry and other animals, marketing farm products and enhancing farms' sustainability through, notably, the implementation of new technologies. They usually own and operate their own establishment.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): yes, TEER 0.
• Canadian Experience Class: counts as skilled Canadian work (1 year in the last 3 years).
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: counts as skilled work (1 year of continuous work in the last 10 years).
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 0: Management occupations. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 80020 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 80020

Skilled Canadian work in this occupation earns the standard points, the same before and after November 3, 2026, with no high-wage add-on:

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Manage the overall operations of a farm, ranch or orchard
• Determine the amount and kinds of crops to be grown and livestock to be raised
• Organize and co-ordinate planting, cultivating and crop harvesting activities; raising and breeding of livestock and poultry
• Hire and manage farm personnel
• Establish a marketing program
• Develop and keep financial and production records
• Purchase farm machinery, livestock, seed, feed and other supplies
• Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
• Perform farming duties.
• May collect data and use digital technology tools and equipment to enhance the sustainability of the farm.
• Managers in agriculture manage farms of various sizes which may specialize in particular crops such as wheat, apples or potatoes or raise particular livestock such as beef cattle, swine or poultry.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• apiarist
• apple grower
• chicken farmer
• dairy farmer
• domestic animal breeder
• fruit farmer
• hog breeder
• horse breeder
• maple syrup producer
• market gardener
• potato farmer
• rancher
• seed grower
• sod farmer
• vegetable grower
• vineyard manager
• viticulturist
• wheat farmer

Employment requirements

• Extensive farming experience, obtained as a farm supervisor or specialized crop or livestock worker or by working on a farm, is usually required.
• A university degree or college diploma in agricultural management or other field related to crop or livestock production may be required.

Similar jobs with a different code

• 82030Agricultural service contractors and farm supervisors
• 80021Managers in horticulture