As a Crop Production Manager, you will need to master following:

• agroforestry
• crop production principles
• ensure soil fertility
• execute disease and pest control activities
• manage agricultural staff
• monitor fields
• operate agricultural machinery
• plant disease control
• plant harvest methods
• plant species
• soil structure
• store crops
• store products
• supervise crop production
• supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
• technical equipment for crop production
• types of storage facilities

More generally, a crop production manager is also versed in:

• agronomical production principles
• ecology
• environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
• fertilisation principles
• health and safety regulations
• leadership principles
• maintain storage facilities
• maintain technical equipment
• manage production enterprise
• pest control in plants

It also helps to know the following:

• agroecology
• apply alternate wetting and drying techniques
• apply sustainable tillage techniques
• conservation agriculture
• e-agriculture
• execute fertilisation
• grow plants
• harvest crop
• irrigate soil
• irrigation systems
• maintain plant health
• maintain plant soil nutrition
• manage agritourism activities
• optimise production
• organic farming
• perform on-farm product processing
• plant propagation
• prepare equipment for harvest
• prepare planting area
• present the farm facilities
• promote farm products
• propagate plants
• provide agri-touristic services
• use agricultural information systems and databases
• watering principles
• agritourism
• agronomy
• bioeconomy
• manage contracts
• project management principles