Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
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.
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products 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. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.59 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Persuasion, Negotiation.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £37,306 a year for Buyers and procurement officers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £30,065 to £46,937 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 3551). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Technicians and associate professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 3. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Mathematics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Transportation
- English Language
- Economics and Accounting
- Sales and Marketing
- Computers and Electronics
- Administration and Management
What you'd actually do
- Purchase, for further processing or for resale, farm products, such as milk, grains, or Christmas trees.
- Arrange for processing or resale of purchased products.
- Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products.
- Arrange for transportation or storage of purchased products.
- Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies as necessary.
- Review orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products do?
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 skills does Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include Speaking, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Persuasion, Negotiation, Reading Comprehension. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products?
Our AI-durability model gives Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products a score of 0.59 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.
How hard is it to enter this field?
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products has moderate barrier to entry — moderately gated — a bachelor's degree or equivalent training is typically required.