Analysis
NAICS 111419 is the 2022 national industry for other food crops grown under cover, part of 11141 (Food Crops Grown Under Cover). Census lists 22 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover, bean sprout farming, grown under cover, cannabis, grown under cover and cucumber farming, grown under cover, among 22 in all.
Its goods appear in 9 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 0702 (). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, growing mushrooms under cover are classified in 111411 (Mushroom Production) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 111411. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
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
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing food crops (except mushrooms) under glass or protective cover.
Illustrative Examples:
Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover Melon farming, grown under cover Vegetable farming, grown under cover Hydroponic crop farming Fruit farming, grown under cover
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Growing mushrooms under cover | 111411 Mushroom Production |
Index entries (22)
- Alfalfa sprout farming, grown under cover
- Bean sprout farming, grown under cover
- Cannabis, grown under cover
- Cucumber farming, grown under cover
- Eggplant farming, grown under cover
- Endive farming, grown under cover
- English pea farming, grown under cover
- Escarole farming, grown under cover
- Fruit farming, grown under cover
- Garlic farming, grown under cover
- Gingerroot farming, grown under cover
- Ginseng farming, grown under cover
- Hemp, grown under cover
- Herb farming, grown under cover
- Hydroponic crop farming
- Marijuana, grown under cover
- Melon farming, grown under cover
- Rhubarb, grown under cover
- Spice farming, grown under cover
- Tomato farming, grown under cover
- Truffles farming, grown under cover
- Vegetable farming, grown under cover