A farmer is a person who works in agriculture, typically growing crops or raising animals. BREEDER, HUSBANDMAN, CULTIVATOR, REAPER, HARVESTER, ranchman, SHARECROPPER, HILLBILLY, PRODUCER, COUNTRYMAN, TILLER, PLANTER, PEASANT, SOWER, YEOMAN, AGRICULTURIST, GROWER, granger, ruralist, and wildharvest are all terms used to describe different types of farmers. BREEDER refers to someone who breeds animals, HUSBANDMAN is an old term for a farmer, CULTIVATOR is someone who prepares the soil for planting, REAPER is someone who harvests crops, HARVESTER is another term for a REAPER, ranchman is someone who works on a ranch, SHARECROPPER is someone who works on land owned by someone else, HILLBILLY is a slang term for a rural farmer, PRODUCER is someone who produces goods, COUNTRYMAN is someone who lives in the countryside, TILLER is someone who tills the soil, PLANTER is someone who plants crops, PEASANT is a term for a poor farmer, SOWER is someone who scatters seeds, YEOMAN is a term for a small-scale farmer, AGRICULTURIST is someone who studies agriculture, GROWER is someone who grows crops, granger is someone who owns a farm, ruralist is someone who lives in the countryside, and wildharvest is someone who collects wild plants.