Rice Farming
Description
The industry encompasses businesses dedicated to the cultivation of rice for human consumption or industrial use, excluding wild rice varieties. Operations typically involve the full spectrum of agricultural activities required to bring seeds to maturity, including land preparation, sowing, field management, pest control, and harvesting. These entities often integrate post-harvest functions such as threshing, drying, and preliminary processing to ensure grain quality before distribution. Typical business operators range from small family farms relying on local markets to large corporate agribusinesses with extensive acreage. Some facilities specialize exclusively in seed production, utilizing specialized protocols to develop and propagate new varieties for the commercial sector. The scope of these operations varies significantly in scale, from localized plots serving regional communities to vast industrial complexes supplying national food processors and export markets. Many operators also diversify by planting companion crops or integrating livestock operations to optimize land use. This sector is heavily dependent on climate patterns, irrigation infrastructure, and market fluctuations, making adaptive management strategies essential for maintaining productivity and profitability across different geographic regions.
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. The establishments in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a number of separate tracts which may be held under different tenures. For example, one tract may be owned by the farm operator and another rented. It may be operated by the operator alone or with the assistance of members of the household or hired employees, or it may be operated by a partnership, corporation, or other type of organization. When a landowner has one or more tenants, renters, croppers, or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm. The sector distinguishes two basic activities: agricultural production and agricultural support activities. Agricultural production includes establishments performing the complete farm or ranch operation, such as farm owner-operators and tenant farm operators. Agricultural support activities include establishments that perform one or more activities associated with farm operation, such as soil preparation, planting, harvesting, and management, on a contract or fee basis. Excluded from the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector are establishments primarily engaged in agricultural research (e.g., experimental farms) and government establishments primarily engaged in administering programs for regulating and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use. These establishments are classified in Industry 54171, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences; and Industry 92412, Administration of Conservation Programs, respectively. |
| 111 | Crop Production 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Crop Production subsector grow crops mainly for food and fiber. The subsector comprises establishments, such as farms, orchards, groves, greenhouses, and nurseries, primarily engaged in growing crops, plants, vines, or trees and their seeds. The industries in this subsector are grouped by similarity of production activity, including biological and physiological characteristics and economic requirements, the length of growing season, degree of crop rotation, extent of input specialization, labor requirements, and capital demands. The production process is typically completed when the raw product or commodity grown reaches the "farm gate" for market, that is, at the point of first sale or price determination. Establishments are classified in the Crop Production subsector when crop production (i.e., value of crops for market) accounts for one-half or more of the establishment's total agricultural production. Within the subsector, establishments are classified in a specific industry when a product or industry family of products (i.e., oilseed and grain farming, vegetable and melon farming, fruit and tree nut farming) account for one-half or more of the establishment's agricultural production. Establishments with one-half or more crop production with no one product or family of products of an industry accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production are treated as general combination crop farming and are classified in Industry 11199, All Other Crop Farming. Industries in the Crop Production subsector include establishments that own, operate, and manage and those that operate and manage. Those that manage only are classified in Subsector 115, Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry. Establishments that raise aquatic plants in controlled or selected aquatic environments are classified in Subsector 112, Animal Production and Aquaculture. |
| 1111 | Oilseed and Grain Farming 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments primarily engaged in (1) growing oilseed and/or grain crops and/or (2) producing oilseed and grain seeds. These crops have an annual life cycle and are typically grown in open fields. |
| 11116 | Rice Farming 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 111160. |
| 111160 | Rice Farming 6-digit U.S. detail | The industry encompasses businesses dedicated to the cultivation of rice for human consumption or industrial use, excluding wild rice varieties. Operations typically involve the full spectrum of agricultural activities required to bring seeds to maturity, including land preparation, sowing, field management, pest control, and harvesting. These entities often integrate post-harvest functions such as threshing, drying, and preliminary processing to ensure grain quality before distribution. Typical business operators range from small family farms relying on local markets to large corporate agribusinesses with extensive acreage. Some facilities specialize exclusively in seed production, utilizing specialized protocols to develop and propagate new varieties for the commercial sector. The scope of these operations varies significantly in scale, from localized plots serving regional communities to vast industrial complexes supplying national food processors and export markets. Many operators also diversify by planting companion crops or integrating livestock operations to optimize land use. This sector is heavily dependent on climate patterns, irrigation infrastructure, and market fluctuations, making adaptive management strategies essential for maintaining productivity and profitability across different geographic regions. |
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Classification References
- 01Growing wild rice--are classified in U.S. Industry 111199, All Other Grain Farming; and
- 02Growing rice in combination with oilseed(s) with the rice or oilseed(s) not accounting for one-half of the establishment's agricultural production (value of crops for market)--are classified in U.S. Industry 111191, Oilseed and Grain Combination Farming.
Index Items
Rice (except wild rice) farming, field and seed production
How Item Can Help
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