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Farm and Farm-Related Employment: SIC Industry Groups and Components

Farm and farm-related industries are identified as industries having generally 50 percent or more of their national work force employed in providing goods and services necessary to satisfy the final demand for agricultural products. An exception to this criterion is indirect agribusinesses, in which percentages range between 32 and 50 percent. Industries are aggregated into related groups: farm production; agricultural services, forestry, and fishing; agricultural input industries; agricultural processing and marketing industries; wholesale and retail trade of agricultural products; and indirect agribusiness.

SIC classification of farm and farm-related industries (see NAICS codes)

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Industry groups and components 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
Farming:  
  Farm production (farm proprietors, and wage and salary farmworkers) 01-02 [1]
Closely related industries:  
  Agricultural services, forestry, and fishing 071 Soil preparation services
072 Crop services
074 Veterinary services
075 Animal services, except veterinary
076 Farm labor and management services
08 Forestry
09 Fishing, hunting, and trapping
  Agricultural input industries--  
  Agricultural chemicals 287
  Farm machinery and equipment 3523
  Farm supply and machinery (wholesale trade) 5083 Farm and garden machinery and equipment
5191 Farm supplies
  Commodity contract brokers and dealers 622
  Agricultural processing and marketing--  
  Meat products 201
  Dairy products 202
  Canned, frozen, and preserved fruits and vegetables 203
  Grain mill products 204
  Bakery products 205
  Sugar and confectionery products 206
  Fats and oils products 207
  Beverages 208
  Miscellaneous food preparations and kindred products 209
  Tobacco products 21
  Apparel and textiles 221 Broadwoven fabric mills, cotton
222 Broadwoven fabric mills, manmade fiber and silk
223 Broadwoven fabric mills, wool (including dyeing and finishing)
224 Narrow fabric and other smallwares mills: cotton, wool, silk, and manmade fiber
2251 Women's full-length and knee-length hosiery, except socks
2252 Hosiery, NEC
2253 Knit outerwear mills
2254 Knit underwear and nightwear mills
2257 Weft knit fabric mills
2258 Lace and warp knit fabric mills
226 Dyeing and finishing textiles, except wool fabrics and knit goods
228 Yarn and thread mills
231 Men's and boys' suits, coats, and overcoats
232 Men's and boys' furnishing, work clothing, and allied garments
233 Women's, misses', and juniors' outerwear
234 Women's, misses', children's, and infants' undergarments
235 Hats, caps, and millinery
236 Girls', children's, and infants' outerwear
237 Fur goods
238 Miscellaneous apparel and accessories
2397 Schiffli machine embroideries
3965 Fasterner, buttons, needles, and pins
  Leather products and footwear 302 Rubber and plastics footwear
31 Leather and leather products
  Packaging 2441 Nailed and lock corner wood boxes and shook
2449 Wood containers, NEC
3221 Glass containers
3411 Metal cans
3466 Crowns and closures
  Farm-related raw materials (wholesale trade) 515
  Warehousing 4221 Farm product warehousing and storage
4222 Refrigerated warehousing and storage
Peripherally related industries:  
  Agricultural wholesale and retail trade --  
  Wholesale trade 513 Apparel, piece goods, and notions
514 Groceries and related products
518 Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverages
5194 Tobacco and tobacco products
  Retail trade 54 Food stores
56 Apparel and accessory stores
58 Eating and drinking places
592 Liquor stores
5948 Luggage and leather goods stores
5949 Sewing, needlework, and piece goods stores
5993 Tobacco stores and stands
  Indirect agribusiness --  
  Chemical and fertilizer mining 147
  Miscellaneous textile products 2259 Knitting mills, NEC
2298 Cordage and twine
2299 Textile goods, NEC
2393 Textile bags
2395 Pleating, decorative and novelty stitching, and tucking for the trade
  Containers, paper products, and pulpwood products 263 Paperboard mills
265 Paperboard containers and boxes
2671 Packaging paper and plastics film, coated and laminated
2672 Coated and laminated paper, NEC
2673 Plastics, foil, and coated paper bags
2674 Uncoated paper and multiwall bags
2679 Converted paper and paperboard products, NEC
  Food products machinery 3556
  Miscellaneous manufacturing 2448 Wood containers, NEC
3497 Metal foil and leaf

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see NAICS codes

[1] Data were obtained from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, because County Business Patterns data do not include information about the employment of farmers or wage and salary jobs in agricultural production (SIC 01-02).

For more information about the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes or the 1997 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), see the U.S. Census Bureau.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: March 31, 2005