Mixed Crop Growers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)

Mixed Crop Growers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 6114) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.

  • Mixed crop farmer
  • Skilled farm worker (mixed crops)
6European countries report a shortage (EURES 2025)
3countries report a surplus
1,675open job ads right now in Germany and Sweden
6114ISCO-08 occupation code
Short answerIn the 2025 EURES report on labour shortages, 6 European countries reported a shortage of mixed crop growers: Czechia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia. 3 reported a surplus: Finland, Latvia and Luxembourg. Finland appears in both lists, which usually means shortages in some regions and surpluses in others.

Latest mixed crop 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

1,664 open ads
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    Kinder- und Jugendbauernhof Nickern e.V. · Dresden · Posted 2026-10-15
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    TAOASIS GmbH · Lage, Lippe · Posted 2026-10-13
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    Maschinenring Personaldienste GmbH · Gammelsdorf · Posted 2026-10-08
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    Tempton Personaldienstleistungen GmbH NL Stralsund · Ahrenshagen-Daskow · Posted 2026-10-01
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    Maschinenring Personaldienste GmbH · Gammelsdorf · Posted 2026-09-30
  • Farmer
    German title: Landwirt
    Hofgut Klein Schneen · Friedland, Kreis Göttingen · Posted 2026-09-24

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

Sweden

11 open ads

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

Where mixed crop 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
GreeceShortage€1,210 a month *Athens: €1,150
HungaryShortageNot yet verifiedBudapest: €910
ItalyShortageNot yet verifiedRome: €1,300
SlovakiaShortageNot yet verifiedBratislava: €910
FinlandShortage and surplusNot yet verifiedHelsinki: €1,150
LatviaSurplusNot yet verifiedRiga: €870
LuxembourgSurplusNot yet verifiedLuxembourg: €1,900

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 mixed crop growers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.

What mixed crop growers do

Mixed crop growers plan, organize and perform farming operations to grow and harvest specific combinations of field crops, field vegetables, tree and shrub crops, and garden, horticultural and nursery products, for sale or delivery 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 crops, trees and shrubs, and by setting up and operating irrigation equipment
  • Growing flowers and vegetables by intensive cultivation
  • Producing saplings, bulbs and seeds
  • Harvesting crops and inspecting, cleaning, grading, packaging, storing and loading products 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 activities and transactions
  • Training and supervising workers in production, maintenance duties and health and safety precautions, and hiring and discharging workers and contractors

Finding mixed crop growers jobs in Europe

  • EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Mixed crop 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:

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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