Analysis
NAICS 111998 is the 2022 national industry for all other miscellaneous crop farming, part of 11199 (All Other Crop Farming). Census lists 31 example activities under it in the official index.
Census lists 11 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 1111, 1112, 1113 and 1114. 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.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include agave farming, alfalfa seed farming, aloe farming and amaranth farming, among 31 in all.
Its goods appear in 71 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 1209 (seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing), 1211 (plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of…) and 1702 (other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose…). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, growing oilseeds and/or wheat, corn, rice, or other grains are classified in 1111 (Oilseed and Grain Farming) instead.
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 one of the following: (1) growing crops (except oilseeds and/or grains; vegetables and/or melons; fruits and/or tree nuts; greenhouse, nursery, and/or floriculture products; tobacco; cotton; sugarcane; hay; sugar beets; or peanuts); (2) growing a combination of crops (except a combination of oilseed(s) and grain(s); and a combination of fruit(s) and tree nut(s)) with no one crop or family of crops accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production (i.e., value of crops for market); or (3) gathering tea or maple sap.
Illustrative Examples:
Agave farming Mint farming General combination crop farming (except oilseed and grain; vegetables and melons; fruit and tree nut combinations) Hay seed farming Grass seed farming Hop farming Spice farming
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Growing oilseeds and/or wheat, corn, rice, or other grains | 1111 Oilseed and Grain Farming |
| Growing vegetables and/or melons | 1112 Vegetable and Melon Farming |
| Growing fruits and/or tree nuts | 1113 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming |
| Growing greenhouse, nursery, and/or floriculture products | 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production |
| Growing tobacco | 111910 Tobacco Farming |
| Growing cotton | 111920 Cotton Farming |
| Growing sugarcane | 111930 Sugarcane Farming |
| Growing hay | 111940 Hay Farming |
| Growing sugar beets | 111991 Sugar Beet Farming |
| Growing peanuts | 111992 Peanut Farming |
| Growing algae, seaweed, or other aquatic plants | 112519 Other Aquaculture |
Index entries (31)
- Agave farming
- Alfalfa seed farming
- Aloe farming
- Amaranth farming
- Bentgrass seed farming
- Bluegrass-Kentucky seed farming
- Cannabis, grown in an open field
- Chicory farming
- Clover seed farming
- Crimson cloves seed farming
- Fescue seed farming
- General combination crop farming (except fruit and nut combinations, oilseed and grain, vegetable)
- Grass seed farming
- Guar farming
- Hay seed farming
- Hemp, grown in an open field
- Herb farming, open field
- Hop farming
- Jojoba farming
- Kenaf farming
- Maple sap concentrating (i.e., producing pure maple syrup in the field)
- Maple sap gathering
- Maple syrup (i.e., maple sap reducing)
- Marijuana, grown in an open field
- Mint farming
- Orchard grass seed farming
- Ryegrass seed farming
- Sorghum sudan seed farming
- Spice farming
- Syrup, pure maple (i.e., maple syrup reducing)
- Tea farming