Information on Census of Agriculture SICS: Standard Industrial Classification System Return to Information on Census of Agriculture. Conversion From the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification System to the 1997 North American Industry Classification System In previous agriculture censuses, farms were classified by type of activity or activities according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). For 1997 a new classification system, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), replaced the SIC. NAICS was developed jointly by Mexico, Canada, and the United States to make the industrial statistics produced in the three countries comparable. An establishment primarily engaged in crop production (major group 01) or production of livestock and animal specialties (major group 02) is classified in the four-digit industry and three-digit industry group which accounts for 50 percent or more of the total value of sales of its agricultural products. If the total value of sales of agricultural products of an establishment is less than 50 percent from a single four-digit industry, but 50 percent or more from the products of two or more four-digit industries within the same three-digit industry group, the establishment is classified in the miscellaneous industry of that industry group. Otherwise, it is classified as a general crop farm in industry 0191 or a general livestock farm in industry 0291. Establishments that derive 50 percent or more of the value of sales from horticultural specialties of industry group 018 are classified in industry 0181 or 0182 according to their primary activity. The SIC groupings, together with the associated products (value of sales representing 50 percent or more of the value of agricultural products sold during the year) on which the classification is based, are as follows: Cash grains (011). Wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, barley, buckwheat, cowpeas, dry field and seed beans and peas, flaxseed, lentils, mustard seed, oats, popcorn, rye, safflower, sorghum, sunflowers, and other small grains. Cotton (0131). Cotton and cottonseed. Tobacco (0132). Tobacco. Sugarcane, sugar beets, potatoes, hay, peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 0134, 0139). Sugarcane, sugar beets, potatoes, alfalfa, broomcorn, clover, grass seed, hay, hops, mint, peanuts, sweet potatoes, timothy, and yams. Vegetables and melons (016). Vegetables and melons grown in the open. Fruits and tree nuts (017). Berries, grapes, tree nuts, citrus fruits, deciduous tree fruits, avocados, bananas, coffee, dates, figs, olives, pineapples, and tropical fruit. Horticultural specialties (018). Bedding plants, bulbs, florists' greens, flower and vegetable seeds, flowers, foliage, fruit stocks, nursery stock, ornamental plants, shrubbery, sod, mushrooms, and vegetables grown under cover. General farms, primarily crops (019). Crops, including horticultural specialties, but less than 50 percent of sales from any single three-digit industry group. Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal specialties (021). Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, goats, goats' milk, mohair, and wool. Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212). Production or feeding of beef cattle, except feedlots. Dairy farms (024). Production of cows' milk and other dairy products and raising of dairy heifer replacements. Poultry and eggs (025). Chickens, chicken eggs, turkeys, ducks, geese, pheasants, pigeons, quail, and squab. Animal specialties (027). Fur-bearing animals, rabbits, horses, ponies, bees, fish in captivity including fish hatcheries, worms, and laboratory animals. General farms, primarily livestock and animal specialties (029). Livestock and animal specialties and their products, but less than 50 percent of sales from any three-digit industry group.   Return to Information on Census of Agriculture.

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