115114 Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)

Overview

This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in performing services on crops, subsequent to their harvest, with the intent of preparing them for market or further processing. These establishments provide postharvest activities, such as crop cleaning, sun drying, shelling, fumigating, curing, sorting, grading, packing, and cooling.

Cross-References

  • Ginning cotton--are classified in U.S. Industry 115111, Cotton Ginning;
  • Custom grain grinding for animal feed--are classified in U.S. Industry 311119, Other Animal Food Manufacturing;
  • Artificially drying and dehydrating fruits and vegetables--are classified in U.S. Industry 311423, Dried and Dehydrated Food Manufacturing;
  • Stemming and redrying tobacco--are classified in Industry 312230, Tobacco Manufacturing;
  • Buying farm products for resale to other wholesalers or retailers and preparing them for market or further processing--are classified in Industry 424480, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers; and
  • Providing farm management services (i.e., on a contract or fee basis) and arranging or contracting postharvesting crop activities for the farm(s) they manage--are classified in U.S. Industry 115116, Farm Management Services.

Index Entries

Almond hulling and shelling
Banana ripening
Bean cleaning
Corn drying
Corn shelling
Crop cleaning
Decorticating flax
Delinting cottonseed
Filbert hulling and shelling
Fruit precooling
Fruit sorting, grading, and packing
Fruit, sun drying
Fruit, vacuum cooling
Fumigating grain
Grain cleaning
Grain drying
Grain fumigation
Grain grinding (except custom grinding for animal feed)
Hulling and shelling of nuts
Irradiation of fruits and vegetables
Nut hulling and shelling
Packaging fresh or farm-dried fruits and vegetables
Packing fruits and vegetables
Peanut shelling
Pecan hulling and shelling
Potato curing
Retting flax
Rice drying
Seed cleaning
Seed processing, postharvest for propagation
Sorting, grading, cleaning, and packing of fruits and vegetables
Sun drying of dates, prunes, raisins, and olives
Sun drying of fruits and vegetables
Sun drying of tomatoes
Sweet potato curing
Tobacco grading
Vegetable precooling
Vegetable sorting, grading, and packing
Vegetable sun drying
Vegetable vacuum cooling
Walnut hulling and shelling
Waxing, fruits or vegetables