Analysis
NAICS 112210 is the 2022 national industry for hog and pig farming, part of 11221 (Hog and Pig Farming). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include farrow-to-finish operations, feeder pig farming, feedlots (except stockyards for transportation), hog and hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and…, among 8 in all.
Its goods appear in 7 statistical lines of the US tariff schedule, mostly under headings 0103 (live swine). That link is how import data is matched to domestic producers, for example in trade-remedy cases.
For example, operating stockyards for transportation and not buying, selling, or auctioning livestock are classified in 488999 (All Other Support Activities for Transportation) instead.
Census lists 1 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 488999. 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 industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in raising hogs and pigs. These establishments may include farming activities, such as breeding, farrowing, and the raising of weanling pigs, feeder pigs, or market size hogs.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Operating stockyards for transportation and not buying, selling, or auctioning livestock | 488999 All Other Support Activities for Transportation |
Index entries (8)
- Farrow-to-finish operations
- Feeder pig farming
- Feedlots (except stockyards for transportation), hog
- Hog and pig (including breeding, farrowing, nursery, and finishing activities) farming
- Hog feedlots (except stockyards for transportation)
- Pig farming
- Swine farming
- Weaning pig operations