A professional who coordinates rice buying and milling operations with demand and sells clean (milled) rice on domestic and foreign markets. Responsibilities include:

• Contacts prospective purchasers, sends or displays samples of grades and varieties of rice offered for sale, states selling price, and arranges sales.
• Ascertains from orders, quantity and varieties of rice required, and notifies buyers purchasing rice from growers.
• Prepares instructions for operating personnel of lots of rice to be milled and sequence and method of milling.
• Directs workers keeping records and preparing contracts and shipping data.