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Field Crop and Vegetable Growers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Field Crop and Vegetable Growers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 6111) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Cereal farmer
  • Cotton farmer
  • Potato farmer
  • Rice farmer
  • Skilled farm worker (field crops)
  • Sugar-cane grower
8European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
5countries report a surplus
121open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
6111ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 8 European countries reported a shortage of field crop and vegetable growers: Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands and Portugal. 5 reported a surplus: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary and Romania. Bulgaria and Hungary appear in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest field crop and vegetable growers job ads

Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).

Germany

106 open ads

Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany

Sweden

15 open ads

Source: Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Sweden

Where field crop and vegetable growers are needed in Europe

CountryEURES 2025Average gross pay, all skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers (2022)1-bed rent in the capital
CzechiaShortageNot yet verifiedPrague: €1,250
DenmarkShortageNot yet verifiedCopenhagen: €1,800
GreeceShortage€1,210 a month *Athens: €1,150
ItalyShortageNot yet verifiedRome: €1,300
NetherlandsShortageNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
PortugalShortageNot yet verifiedLisbon: €1,400
BulgariaShortage and surplusNot yet verifiedSofia: €650
HungaryShortage and surplusNot yet verifiedBudapest: €910
AustriaSurplusNot yet verifiedVienna: €1,250
GermanySurplus€2,640 a monthBerlin: €1,350
RomaniaSurplus€754 a month *Not yet verified

Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for field crop and vegetable growers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What field crop and vegetable growers do

Field crop and vegetable growers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest various types of field crop such as wheat and other cereals, rice, beetroot, sugar-cane, ground-nuts, tobacco, reed or other field crops and potatoes, cabbages or other field vegetables, for sale or delivery on a regular basis to wholesale buyers, marketing organizations or at markets.

Typical tasks

  • Monitoring market activity and conditions, determining types and quantities of crops to be grown, and planning and coordinating production accordingly
  • Preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
  • Selecting and sowing seeds, and planting seedlings
  • Maintaining crops by cultivating soil, by transplanting, pruning or thinning plants, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
  • Controlling weeds, pests and diseases by applying herbicides and pesticides
  • Harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops
  • Inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading crops for sale or delivery to market
  • Tending working animals and maintaining farm buildings, structures, equipment and water supply systems
  • Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
  • Promoting and marketing products, arranging the sale, purchase and transportation of produce and supplies and maintaining and evaluating records of farm activities and transactions
  • Training and supervising workers in crop production, maintenance duties and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors

Finding field crop and vegetable growers jobs in Europe

Search all EU vacancies on EURES Check if your job is regulated
  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Rice farmer".
  • Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
  • If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.

Cost of living where the jobs are

Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:

PragueCopenhagenAthensRomeLisbonSofiaBudapest

About this data

  • Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
  • Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
  • Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
  • Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.

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