Skip to main content
An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. labor and demographic economics
  4. labor economics
  5. labor
  6. farm labor
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. labor and demographic economics
  4. labor economics
  5. labor
  6. farm labor

Preferred term

farm labor

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information People gainfully employed by a farm operator to assist with the farm work, including regular, seasonal, local, migratory, full-time or part-time employment.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • agricultural labor
  • agricultural labour
  • agricultural workers
  • farm labour
  • farm workers
  • farmworkers

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5365

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/19/06, last modified 6/17/16