Agriculture and Forestry - GeneralCatalog.Info

The Agriculture and Forestry sector comprises industries engaged in growing crops, raising animals, harvesting timber, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. The companies in this sector are often described as farms, ranches, dairies, greenhouses, nurseries, orchards, or hatcheries. This sector includes supporting industries such as equipment, supplies, consulting and administrative services, etc. Excluded from the Agriculture and Forestry sector are companies primarily engaged in agricultural research and in administering programs for regulating and conserving land, mineral, wildlife, and forest use. Sites devoted to agricultural and forestry research, the science and technology of plants and animals for human use and consumption are listed under Science/Agriculture/ Sites covering the scientific and technical aspects of agriculture's impact on the natural environment go under Science/Environment/Agriculture/ Sites covering the social aspects of agriculture's impact on the natural environment go under Society/Issues/Business/Agriculture/ Sites devoted to farming and agriculture as a recreational activities go under Home/Rural_Living/Hobby_Farms/ Sites covering gardening and horticulture as a recreational activity go under Home/Gardens (Source: This category description is based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 1997).