Agriculture Industry Overview

Companies and organizations that produce, grow, raise, harvest, process, store, market, and/or sell food and other crops and livestock.

Summary

The agricultural industry is, at once, very old and very new.  It encompasses a variety of players who span the spectrum from the farmers who till the soil and nurture the animals to the scientists who splice jellyfish genes into potatoes so the plants will glow when they need water.

Farmers' cooperatives took root in the early part of the 19th century and remain significant in the industry. Cooperatives such as CHS (grain) and Sunkist Growers (fruit) often formed so members could capitalize on their strength in numbers in order to buy supplies at lower cost, build facilities, and negotiate better prices for their crops.

Full Agriculture Industry Description

• BayWa AG
• Coopérative Terrena
• Friona Industries, L.P.

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Agriculture maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

Full Agriculture Industry Codes

• African Seed Trade Association
  
• American Association of Meat Processors
  
• American Corn Growers Association
  

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