Analysis
NAICS 111 is the 2022 subsector for crop production, part of 11 (Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting). Census lists 263 example activities under it in the official index.
Across its national industries Census lists 263 index entries; typical ones are soybean farming, field and seed production, canola farming, field and seed production, bean farming, dry, field and seed production and wheat farming, field and seed production.
Its goods appear in 725 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 2401 (unmanufactured tobacco (whether or not threshed or…), 1209 (seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing) and 0713 (dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
Its more detailed codes are 1111 Oilseed and Grain Farming, 1112 Vegetable and Melon Farming, 1113 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming, 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production and 1119 Other Crop Farming.
County Business Patterns does not cover crop and animal production, so there is no establishment count for it; farms are counted by the Census of Agriculture instead.
Official definition
Industries in the Crop Production subsector grow crops mainly for food and fiber. The subsector comprises establishments, such as farms, orchards, groves, greenhouses, and nurseries, primarily engaged in growing crops, plants, vines, or trees and their seeds.
The industries in this subsector are grouped by similarity of production activity, including biological and physiological characteristics and economic requirements, the length of growing season, degree of crop rotation, extent of input specialization, labor requirements, and capital demands. The production process is typically completed when the raw product or commodity grown reaches the "farm gate" for market, that is, at the point of first sale or price determination.
Establishments are classified in the Crop Production subsector when crop production (i.e., value of crops for market) accounts for one-half or more of the establishment's total agricultural production. Within the subsector, establishments are classified in a specific industry when a product or industry family of products (i.e., oilseed and grain farming, vegetable and melon farming, fruit and tree nut farming) account for one-half or more of the establishment's agricultural production. Establishments with one-half or more crop production with no one product or family of products of an industry accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production are treated as general combination crop farming and are classified in Industry 11199, All Other Crop Farming.
Industries in the Crop Production subsector include establishments that own, operate, and manage and those that operate and manage. Those that manage only are classified in Subsector 115, Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry. Establishments that raise aquatic plants in controlled or selected aquatic environments are classified in Subsector 112, Animal Production and Aquaculture.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Index entries (263)
- Soybean farming, field and seed production
- Canola farming, field and seed production
- Bean farming, dry, field and seed production
- Wheat farming, field and seed production
- Corn farming (except sweet corn), field and seed production
- Rice (except wild rice) farming, field and seed production
- Oilseed and grain combination farming, field and seed production
- Barley farming, field and seed production
- Potato farming, field and seed potato production
- Acorn squash farming, field, bedding plant and seed production
- Orange groves
- Citrus groves (except orange)
- Apple orchards
- Grape farming without making wine
- Strawberry farming
- Berry (except strawberry) farming
- Almond farming
- Fruit and tree nut combination farming
- Apricot farming
- Mushroom farming
- Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover
- Azalea farming
- Bedding plant growing (except vegetable and melon bedding plants)
- Tobacco farming, field and seed production
- Cotton farming, field and seed production
- Cane farming, sugar, field production
- Alfalfa hay farming
- Sugar beet farming
- Peanut farming
- Agave farming