01 - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities

This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.

This Division includes two basic activities, namely the production of crop products and production of animal products, covering also the forms of organic agriculture, the growing of genetically modified crops and the raising of genetically modified animals. This Division includes growing of crops in open fields as well in greenhouses.

This Division also includes service activities incidental to agriculture, as well as hunting, trapping and related activities.

Group 01.5 (Mixed farming) breaks with the usual principles for identifying main activity. It accepts that many agricultural holdings have reasonably balanced crop and animal production, and that it would be arbitrary to classify them in one category or the other.

Agricultural activity excludes any subsequent processing of the agricultural products (classified under divisions 10 and 11 (Manufacture of food products and beverages) and division 12 (Manufacture of tobacco products)), beyond that needed to prepare them for the primary markets. The preparation of
products for the primary markets is included here.

The division excludes field construction (e.g. agricultural land terracing, drainage, preparing rice paddies etc.) classified in section F (Construction) and buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products classified in section G. Also excluded is landscape care and maintenance, which is classified in class 81.30.

01.1 Growing of non-perennial crops

This group includes the growing of non-perennial crops, i.e. plants that do not last for more than two growing seasons. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.

01.11 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

This class includes all forms of growing of cereals, leguminous crops and oil seeds in open fields. The growing of these crops is often combined within agricultural units.

This class includes:
- growing of cereals such as:
• wheat
• grain maize
• sorghum
• barley
• rye
• oats
• millets
• other cereals n.e.c.
- growing of leguminous crops such as:
• beans
• broad beans
• chick peas
• cow peas
• lentils
• lupins
• peas
• pigeon peas
• other leguminous crops
- growing of oil seeds such as:
• soya beans
• groundnuts
• cottonseed
• castor bean
• linseed
• mustard seed
• niger seed
• rapeseed
• safflower seed
• sesame seed
• sunflower seed
• other oil seeds
This class excludes:
- growing of rice, see 01.12
- growing of sweet corn, see 01.13
- growing of maize for fodder, see 01.19
- growing of oleaginous fruits, see 01.26

01.12 Growing of rice

01.13 Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers

This class includes:
- growing of leafy or stem vegetables such as:
• artichokes
• asparagus
• cabbages
• cauliflower and broccoli
• lettuce and chicory
• spinach
• other leafy or stem vegetables
- growing of fruit bearing vegetables such as:
• cucumbers and gherkins
• eggplants (aubergines)
• tomatoes
• watermelons
• cantaloupes
• other melons and fruit-bearing vegetables
- growing of root, bulb or tuberous vegetables such as:
• carrots
• turnips
• garlic
• onions (incl. shallots)
• leeks and other alliaceous vegetables
• other root, bulb or tuberous vegetables
- growing of mushrooms and truffles
- growing of vegetable seeds, including sugar beet seeds, excluding other beet seeds
- growing of sugar beet
- growing of other vegetables
- growing of roots and tubers such as:
• potatoes
• sweet potatoes
• cassava
• yams
• other roots and tubers
This class excludes:
- growing of chillies, peppers (capsicum sop.) and other spices and aromatic crops, see 01.28
-growing of mushroom spawn, see 01.30
 

01.14 Growing of sugar cane

This class excludes:

- growing of sugar beet, see 01.13

01.15 Growing of tobacco

This class excludes:
- manufacture of tobacco products, see 12.00

01.16 Growing of fibre crops

This class includes:
- growing of cotton
- growing of jute, kenaf and other textile bast fibres
- growing of flax and true hemp
- growing of sisal and other textile fibre of the genus agave
- growing of abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres
- growing of other fibre crops

01.19 Growing of other non-perennial crops

This class includes the growing of all other non-perennial crops:
- growing of mangolds, fodder roots, clover, alfalfa, sainfoin, fodder maize and other grasses, forage kale and similar forage products
- growing of buckwheat
- growing of beet seeds (excluding sugar beet seeds) and seeds of forage plants
- growing of flowers 
- production of cut flowers and flower buds
- growing of flower seeds

This class excludes:
- growing of non-perennial spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops, see 01.28

01.2 Growing of perennial crops

This group includes the growing of perennial crops, i.e. plants that last for more than two growing seasons, either dying back after each season or growing continuously. Included is the growing of these plants for the purpose of seed production.

01.21 Growing of grapes 

This class includes:
- growing of wine grapes and table grapes in vineyards
This class excludes:
- manufacture of wine, see 11.02

01.22 Growing of tropical and subtropical fruits

This class includes:
- growing of tropical and subtropical fruits:
• avocados
• bananas and plantains
• dates
• figs
• mangoes
• papayas
• pineapples
• other tropical and subtropical fruits

01.23 Growing of citrus fruits

This class includes:
- growing of citrus fruits:
• grapefruit and pomelo
• lemons and limes
• oranges
• tangerines, mandarins and clementines
• other citrus fruits 

01.24 Growing of pome fruits and stone fruits 

This class includes:
- growing of pome fruits and stone fruits:
• apples
• apricots
• cherries and sour cherries
• peaches and nectarines
• pears and quinces
• plums and sloes
• other pome fruits and stone fruits

01.25 Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts 

This class includes:
- growing of berries:
• blueberries
• currants
• gooseberries
• kiwi fruit
• raspberries
• strawberries
• other berries
- growing of fruit seeds
- growing of edible nuts:
• almonds
• cashew nuts
• chestnuts
• hazelnuts
• pistachios
• walnuts
• other nuts
- growing of other tree and bush fruits
• locust beans
This class excludes:
- growing of coconuts, see 01.26

01.26 Growing of oleaginous fruits

This class includes:
- growing of oleaginous fruits:
• coconuts
• olives
• oil palms
• other oleaginous fruits
This class excludes:
- growing of soya beans, groundnuts and other oil seeds, see 01.11

01.27 Growing of beverage crops 

This class includes:

- growing of beverage crops:
• coffee
• tea
• maté
• cocoa
• other beverage crops

01.28 Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops 

This class includes: 

- growing of perennial and non-perennial spices and aromatic crops:
• pepper (piper sop.)
• chillies and peppers (capsicum sop.)
• nutmeg, mace and cardamoms
• anise, badian and fennel
• cinnamon (canella)
• cloves
• ginger
• vanilla
• hops
• other spices and aromatic crops
- growing of drug and narcotic crops

01.29 Growing of other perennial crops

This class includes:
- growing of rubber trees for harvesting of latex
- growing of Christmas trees
- growing of trees for extraction of sap
- growing of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting

This class excludes:
- gathering of flowers, production of cut flower buds and growing of flower seeds, see 01.19
- gathering of tree sap or rubber-like gums in the wild, see 02.30

01.3 Plant propagation

01.30 Plant propagation

This class includes the production of all vegetative planting materials including cuttings, suckers and seedlings for direct plant propagation or to create plant grafting stock into which selected scion is grafted for eventual planting to produce crops.
This class includes:
- growing of plants for planting
- growing of plants for ornamental purposes, including turf for transplanting
- growing of live plants for bulbs, tubers and roots; cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn
- operation of tree nurseries, except forest tree nurseries

This class excludes:
- growing of plants for the purpose of seed production, see 01.1, 01.2
- operation of forest tree nurseries, see 02.10

01.4 Animal production

This group includes raising (farming) and breeding of all animals, except aquatic animals.

This group excludes:
- farm animal boarding and care, see 01.62
- production of hides and skins from slaughterhouses, see 10.11

01.41 Raising of dairy cattle 

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of dairy cattle
- production of raw milk from cows or buffaloes

This class excludes:
- processing of milk, see 10.51

01.42 Raising of other cattle and buffaloes

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of cattle and buffaloes for meat
- production of bovine semen

01.43 Raising of horses and other equines

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of horses, asses, mules or hinnies

This class excludes:
- operation of racing and riding stables, see 93.19

01.44 Raising of camels and camelids 

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of camels (dromedary) and camelids

01.45 Raising of sheep and goats

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of sheep and goats
- production of raw sheep or goat milk
- production of raw wool

This class excludes:
- sheep shearing on a fee or contract basis, see 01.62
- production of pulled wool, see 10.11
- processing of milk, see 10.51

01.46 Raising of swine/pigs

01.47 Raising of poultry

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of poultry:
• chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and guinea fowls
- production of eggs from poultry
- operation of poultry hatcheries

This class excludes:
- production of feathers or down, see 10.12

01.49 Raising of other animals 

This class includes:
- raising and breeding of semi-domesticated or other live animals:
• ostriches and emus
• other birds (except poultry)
• insects
• rabbits and other fur animals
- production of fur skins, reptile or bird skins from ranching operation
- operation of worm farms, land mollusc farms, snail farms etc.
- raising of silk worms, production of silk worm cocoons
- bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax
- raising and breeding of pet animals (except fish):
• cats and dogs
• birds, such as parakeets etc.
• hamsters etc.
- raising of diverse animals

This class excludes:
- production of hides and skins originating from hunting and trapping, see 01.70
- operation of frog farms, crocodile farms, marine worm farms, see 03.21, 03.22
- operation of fish farms, see 03.21, 03.22
- boarding and training of pet animals, see 96.09
- raising and breeding of poultry, see 01.47

01.5 Mixed farming

01.50 Mixed farming 

This class includes the combined production of crops and animals without a specialised production of crops or animals. The size of the overall farming operation is not a determining factor. If either production of crops or animals in a given unit is 66 per cent or more of standard gross margins, the combined activity should not be included here, but allocated to crop or animal farming.

This class excludes:
- mixed crop farming, see groups 01.1 and 01.2
- mixed animal farming, see group 01.4


01.6 Support activities to agriculture and post-harvest crop activities 

This group includes activities incidental to agricultural production and activities similar to agriculture not undertaken for production purposes (in the sense of harvesting agricultural products), done on a fee or contract basis. Also included are post-harvest crop activities, aimed at preparing agricultural products for the primary market.


01.61 Support activities for crop production 

This class includes:
- agricultural activities on a fee or contract basis:
• preparation of fields
• establishing a crop
• treatment of crops
• crop spraying, including by air
• trimming of fruit trees and vines
• transplanting of rice, thinning of beets
• harvesting
• pest control (including rabbits) in connection with agriculture
- maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition
- operation of agricultural irrigation equipment
This class also includes:
- provision of agricultural machinery with operators and crew

This class excludes:
- post-harvest crop activities, see 01.63
- drainage of agricultural land, see 43.12
- landscape architecture, see 71.11
- activities of agronomists and agricultural economists, see 74.90
- landscape gardening, planting, see 81.30
- organisation of agricultural shows and fairs, see 82.30


01.62 Support activities for animal production

01.62/1 Farm animal boarding and care 

This subclass includes:
- farm animal boarding and care

This subclass excludes:
- provision of space for animal boarding only, see 68.20
- pet boarding, see 96.09

01.62/9 Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) n.e.c.

This subclass includes:
- agricultural activities on a fee or contract basis:
• activities to promote propagation, growth and output of animals
• herd testing services, droving services, agistment services, poultry caponising, coop cleaning etc.
• activities related to artificial insemination
• stud services
• sheep shearing

This subclass also includes:
- activities of farriers

This subclass excludes:
- veterinary activities, see 75.00
- vaccination of animals, see 75.00
- renting of animals (e.g. herds), see 77.39


01.63 Post-harvest crop activities

This class includes:
- preparation of crops for primary markets, i.e. cleaning, trimming, grading, disinfecting
- cotton ginning
- preparation of tobacco leaves, e.g. drying
- preparation of cocoa beans, e.g. peeling
- waxing of fruit

This class excludes:
- preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see corresponding class in groups 01.1, 01.2 or 01.3
- stemming and redrying of tobacco, see 12.00
- post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed, see 01.64
- marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
- wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see 46.2


01.64 Seed processing for propagation

This class includes all post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed throughthe removal of non-seed materials, undersized, mechanically or insect-damaged and immature seeds as well as removing the seed moisture to a safe level for seed storage. This activity includes the drying, cleaning, grading and treating of seeds until they are marketed. The treatment of genetically modified seeds is included here.

This class excludes:
- growing of seeds, see groups 01.1 and 01.2
- processing of seeds to obtain oil, see 10.41
- research to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see 72.11

01.7 Hunting, trapping and related service activities

01.70 Hunting, trapping and related service activities

This class includes:
- hunting and trapping on a commercial basis
- taking of animals (dead or alive) for food, fur, skin, or for use in research, in zoos or as pets
- production of fur skins, reptile or bird skins from hunting or trapping activities
This class also includes:
- land-based catching of sea mammals such as walrus and seal

This class excludes:
- production of fur skins, reptile or bird skins from ranching operations, see group 01.4
- raising of game animals on ranching operations, see 01.49
- catching of whales, see 03.11
- production of hides and skins originating from slaughterhouses, see 10.11
- hunting for sport or recreation and related service activities, see 93.19
- service activities to promote hunting and trapping, see 94.99

 

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