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Census · Procurement · occupation code 13-1021

Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

Every task in this role, whether it passes the census's structural hand-over screen, which models pass it, and why. It is a screen, not a claim about what AI can do: a task can pass and still be beyond the systems of the day. The stricter and looser rules re-vote every task, and small differences between roles are noise.

Passes the screen · 1 of 12 tasks

  • Review orders to determine product types and quantities required to meet demand.

    quick to check, an existing check settles it, and a mistake is cheap · 11.0% of the role's time · $1.4B · passed by Claude Sonnet, GPT-6 Sol · the models disagreed

Does not pass

  • Purchase, for further processing or for resale, farm products, such as milk, grains, or Christmas trees.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 15.6% of the role's time · $2.0B

  • Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting data to companies or government agencies as necessary.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and a failure is too expensive · 13.8% of the role's time · $1.8B · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

  • Arrange for transportation or storage of purchased products.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked · 12.3% of the role's time · $1.6B

  • Negotiate contracts with farmers for the production or purchase of farm products.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 11.5% of the role's time · $1.5B

  • Arrange for processing or resale of purchased products.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 11.4% of the role's time · $1.5B

  • Coordinate or direct activities of workers engaged in cutting, transporting, storing, or milling products and maintaining records.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 5.8% of the role's time · $763M

  • Sell supplies, such as seed, feed, fertilizers, or insecticides, arranging for loans or financing as necessary.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.7% of the role's time · $746M

  • Examine or test crops or products to estimate their value, determine their grade, or locate any evidence of disease or insect damage.

    physical work, outside the screen · 5.1% of the role's time · $666M

  • Advise farm groups or growers on land preparation or livestock care techniques that will maximize the quantity and quality of production.

    reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 3.2% of the role's time · $416M

  • Estimate land production possibilities, surveying property and studying factors such as crop rotation history, soil fertility, or irrigation facilities.

    physical work, outside the screen · 2.5% of the role's time · $332M

  • Calculate applicable government grain quotas.

    reason given most often: a failure is too expensive · 2.1% of the role's time · $272M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

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